Agile, OOP... are like good hygiene in the kitchen, it results in meals with consistent quality and predictable prep and service times. It doesn't result in great meals nor substantially impact the ROI! Lean Thinking clearly shows that the only way to make a significant impact is to improve the value chain by improving flow. If everyone is following best practices no one has competitive advantage. Major improvements in the value chain depend on continued disruptive innovations. Innovations leverage people and their ideas. We use case studies to illustrate the different business and technical innovations and their impact. We conclude with a discussion of how to build and leverage an innovation culture versus a sprint death march when dealing with high value time to market projects.

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At Amazon, we start with the customer and work backwards. Its not just a way of thinking, but also a process that gives you relentless customer focus. Creating a Working Backwards document allows you to clarify your thinking, share your idea and validate the customer-value of your ideas using language your customers understand.

In this presentation, Manish Bhatia will cover various thinking patterns and mechanisms used in Lean Product Discovery.