Maximizing Innovation: when Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile converge
Discovering the right path to innovation is not easy, but there exists a triad of methodologies that, when combined, form a route that allows for more solid risk control when we seek effective value delivery.
Today, I want to talk about how Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile coordinate to complete the end-to-end journey from problem to value delivery, and I thought of doing it by taking as an example Inés, an entrepreneur who seeks to solve the needs of farmers in the Netherlands.
🌿 Phase 1: Discovering the Dilemma 🌿
Inés embarks on the journey with #DesignThinking as her compass. She immerses herself in the world of farmers, empathizes with their daily challenges, and defines the central problem: the need for efficient and accessible irrigation scheduling. With the ideas generated, she designs a HYPOTHESIS for a solution: a simple and effective mobile application to centralize the management of automatic irrigation.
🔍 Phase 2: The Experimentation Laboratory 🔍
Equipped with her hypothesis, Inés adopts the lens of #LeanStartup. She designs experiments (such as minimum viable products) to validate her idea, learns from real feedback, and iterates her solution. Each build-measure-learn cycle brings her closer to a solution that resonates with the farmers’ needs.
🚀 Phase 3: The Race Toward Delivery 🚀
With a validated solution in hand, Inés initiates the execution stage. She adopts #Agile to plan and manage the application’s development. With a well-defined backlog and continuous delivery cycles, she guides her team through the sprints, adjusting the course with each iteration until achieving a successful value delivery.
Inés’ experience illustrates how the confluence of these three methodologies not only unravels the client’s problem but also provides a structured framework from ideation to delivery, driving innovation at every stage.
I invite you to reflect, how could these methodologies generate success stories in your company? What innovation challenges could be explored by adopting this integrated approach? I would love to read your experiences :)
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