{"id":6923,"date":"2012-08-02T07:21:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T14:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/integrumtech.com\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2012-08-02T07:21:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-02T14:21:59","slug":"an-agile-teams-lessons-learned-startup-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/integrumtech.com\/2012\/08\/an-agile-teams-lessons-learned-startup-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"An Agile Teams Lessons Learned from Startup Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend the Integrum team decided to participate in Chandler Startup Weekend<\/a>. Startup Weekends are weekend-long, hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. Teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practicing LEAN Startup Methodologies and building a minimal viable product.<\/p>\n

As a team we decided it would be a fun way to spend some time together and challenge our abilities. We told ourselves that we would either join a pitched idea and work as the development team or we would play with an idea of our own and deliver the product. Either way we wanted something that could be done within the short time we had together while leaving no pressure to continue past the weekend. We also knew we were slightly handicapped because we would NOT be working on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Wednesday before Startup Weekend we spent a fifteen minute time box on brainstorming some ideas. Here is the list we came up with:<\/p>\n