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Lean Mobile App Development

By : Mike van Drongelen, Aravind Krishnaswamy
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Lean Mobile App Development

By: Mike van Drongelen, Aravind Krishnaswamy

Overview of this book

Lean is the ultimate methodology for creating a startup that succeeds. Sounds great from a theoretical point of view, but what does that mean for you as an a technical co-founder or mobile developer? By applying the Lean Start-up methodology to your mobile App development, it will become so much easier to build apps that take Google Play or the App Store by storm. This book shows you how to bring together smarter business processes with technical know-how. It makes no sense to develop a brilliant app for six months or longer only to find out later that nobody is interested in it. Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) first. Validate your hypotheses early and often. Discover effective product development strategies that let you put Facebook's famous axiom "move fast and break things" into practice. A great app without visibility and marketing clout is nothing, so use this book to market your app, making use of effective metrics that help you track and iterate all aspects of project performance.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)

Summary

An experimental, scientific approach is the foundation of the Lean method.

Experimentation and split testing are fundamental tools in every developer's toolkit, but running tests in the marketplace can be tricky and messy. The techniques covered in this chapter can help you circumvent real-world limitations and obstacles, improve learning, and accelerate growth. The examples provided can give you ideas on how to run your own experiments in either the App Store or in Google Play.

With the right tools, the right techniques, and a creative approach to testing, you can continue to learn and experiment, even after you have launched your product in an app marketplace.

Now it is time to look at how we can use split tests to find out what works best in our apps as we seek to create apps that our customers will love.