Title: The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate with Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback
Author: Dan Olsen
Publication date: June 2, 2015 (Wiley, hardcover). eBook went live May 26, 2015.
Pages: 336.
Value for PMs & founders
A repeatable, six-step system to reach product–market fit: define your target customer, identify underserved needs (importance vs satisfaction), craft the value proposition, specify the MVP feature set, prototype, and test/iterate.
Summary
Explains the Product–Market Fit Pyramid and the problem vs solution space mindset. The Lean Product Process operationalizes discovery and validation with hypothesis templates, opportunity scoring (importance × (1–satisfaction)), and UX principles to shape and test your MVP.
3 community-reported takeaways
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Start in the problem space and use the PMF pyramid to align assumptions before building. mindtheproduct.com
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The six-step Lean Product Process is an iterative loop that de-risks bets. Lean Startup Co.
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Importance vs Satisfaction is a practical way to find underserved opportunities and prioritize work. mindtheproduct.com
Buy online (FR & international)
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Amazon France — English edition. Amazon France
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Bookshop.org — hardback/ebook. Bookshop
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Barnes & Noble (US) — hardcover (336 pp.). Barnes & Noble
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FNAC (France) — English listing. Fnac
Author of Impact Factories / Co-founder of Shy Robotics and Product Whys / Head of Product at Dassault Systèmes / Engineer passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship
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