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#87: Testing Beyond Assumptions with David Bland

Agile Mentors Podcast

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Optimizing Product Development Through Testing and Experimentation

The chapter delves into aligning product development goals with outcomes, emphasizing the importance of clear acceptance criteria and customer-facing metrics to avoid a 'feature factory' mentality. It stresses the value of testing assumptions early through experiments and celebrating the abandonment of unfeasible ideas to save resources. The discussion highlights the importance of prioritizing testing over building, utilizing both leading and lagging indicators, and employing methods like concierge testing for hands-on customer interactions to enhance software design.

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