The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback

The book exceeded my initial expectations. I am usually tough to be impressed, however, the way this book is written and the amount of valuable information is beyond great.

The bottom line is almost cut by the end of the page leaving a huge margin in the upside

Inhaltlich finde ich die 5-Layer Pyramide und Product-Market-Fit Darstellung wirklich hilfreich. Sie lässt sich deutlich schneller als zb ein Business Model canvas im Alltag mal kurz darstellen. Dabei werden die Gedanken auch etwas anders sortiert durch das Thema Feature und UX. Somit füllt es komplementär die Toolbox. 4-5 SterneLeider ist die Aufmachung und das Druckbild des Buches alles andere als ein Hingucker. Die UX des Buches somit schlecht designed, eher so 1-2 Sterne.

It is a must have book for lean practitioner and the business

Wow! This was the greatest education I received on becoming a true product expert.I have learned so many things that can save startups from failure. This is THE entrepreneurship education you need to bring your ideas to life. I read it slowly and highlighted +500 ideas. It took me around 30 hours to finish. I loved it. And will apply it step by step.

I love product management and I find this book is a must read for all the product guys who are trying to build amazing products!

After reading "The Lean Startup", I did have a good idea on the lean movement and pattern that founders should follow to build theirs products. What I was lacking, however, is more of a step-by-step breakdown of what the process actually looks like starting from the idea to the first release. In his book, Dan covers a lot of those concepts with practical examples from identifying target customers to testing your MVP and iterating. I also found a lean product case study and agile tips in the end of the book incredibly helpful!I highly recommend Dan's book to people who are after building great meaningful products and am very thankful to have come across it myself.

Excellent content, many practical implications

After having read INSPIRED by Marty Cagan, this was the second one on product I picked. Where INSPIRED is more of a general guide to product thinking, this book gives very practical and applicable advise how to identify problems, segment markets, rank opportunities and find the right solutions. We used this extensively to drive change management at our company and gave it new employee APMs as a must read.

Great book, has all of the key info organized.

Um livro muito bem escrito pelo Olsen.Completo, informativo, com bons relatos pessoais da experiência do autor e ótimo aos interessados no tema Lean Startup.Dan no entrega um bom método para criar produtos. Certamente é um livro tão bom de se ter como referência constante quanto Lean Startup do Eric Ries. Um livro onde cada capítulo entrega bons guias para os empreendedores. Dica para capitulos que falam sobre Identify Underserver Customer Needs, sobre Value Proposition, sobre MVP e sobre Métricas.

Other than most of the product book it is very much to the point. It is a great introduction to product management, but also as an experienced product manager, you will find some interesting frameworks and tips.

I’m a product manager who has been involved in the creation of a wide range of web and mobile products. Some have been great and some have bombed (unfortunately like many new products). The Lean Startup movement was a breakthrough for me and many others who work on technology products as it provided a framework for creating products that customers actually want. There are a lot of great Lean books that I’ve read including The Lean Startup, Running Lean, and The Four Steps to the Epiphany. The Lean Product Playbook is unique in that it takes the perspective of an entrepreneur or product manager and has a lot of very practical advice for putting the Lean principles into practice. The other Lean books provide some great information about Lean concepts, but I found that it was often hard to translate these concepts into real world actions. The Lean Product Playbook provides very practical advice for doing so. This book gives the reader a rare glimpse into what it takes to define a successful technology product. Most product leaders have to learn these lessons the hard way by just doing it and seeing what works and what doesn’t…..the school of hard knocks.This book would be ideal for anybody who is taking the lead in defining a new tech product, but would also be useful for entrepreneurs, designers, and developers. Its good for pretty much anybody involved in the process of creating products.There are some great concepts from the book that I have already started utilizing in my work. Some include:- Problem space vs. Solution space - many product teams get these concepts confused. This book has a great discussion and examples that describe how you can identify a problem and a solution that meets the problem. The approach taken in this book is nuanced and very practical compared to other Lean books which tend to be much more dogmatic about how you identify the solution.- Lean Product Process - the author walks you through a step-by-step process for achieving product / market fit.- Feature selection - There is also a lot of great discussion about how you pick which features to include in the product. This is one of the hardest things to figure out as a product owner.- User testing on a Ramen budget - some great ideas for doing user testing on the cheap.Some of the ideas in this book can be found in other places, but this book does an amazing job of integrating those ideas + mixing in some great new ideas in a way that makes it easy to get going on your next great idea. I highly recommend this book!