The Lean Startup
Nov 3, 2025
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Ries’ framework institutionalizes the build–measure–learn loop so teams validate value with real users before scaling investments—perfect for platform-as-product.
Eric Ries
Crown Business, 2011
ISBN 9780307887894
Who This Is For:
Platform, SRE, and DevEx leaders modernizing delivery, reliability, and developer experience in large engineering orgs.
Resources & Links
Lean Startup turns platform work into product work—ship small, measure real adoption, and learn faster than you can plan.
Who This Is For
Platform, SRE, and DevEx leaders modernizing delivery, reliability, and developer experience who need a product framework for internal platforms.
Key Takeaways
- Define developer personas and jobs-to-be-done to validate problems before implementation.
- Ship MVP golden paths and iterate weekly using usage telemetry, not stakeholder opinions.
- Instrument funnels across request → onboarding → first deploy → stable run and review weekly.
- Use innovation accounting with pivot/persevere thresholds tied to adoption, activation, and NPS.
- Reduce batch size with trunk-based development, feature flags, and canaries to increase safe learning velocity.
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