Who: General Assembly
Where: WeWork, South Lake Union,500 Yale Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
When: February 13, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
What: You’re full of ideas, but how do you know which are worth working on? In the first half of the workshop, you’ll learn how to use the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) philosophy to test and validate your ideas with the least amount of work required. The ultimate goal is to get to product/market fit. Take your idea and get moving in the right direction quickly and efficiently.
In the second portion of the workshop you’ll learn how to identify the right metrics and KPIs to guide your product to continued success. Products are constantly evolving even after launching. Being able to measure your product’s progress is critical to improving it.
Prereqs & Preparation
None. Please bring a laptop.
About Instructor
Eric Appesland
Product Manager,
Hitachi Consulting
Eric has worked for Hitachi Consulting for the past 5 years focusing on providing management consulting services in conjunction with custom-development enterprise solutions. His role involves business strategy and planning, stakeholder alignment, and project management to reach attainable business objectives.
Part of the business strategy often involves building a digital infrastructure to support those business objectives. Eric’s role includes select activities such as requirements gathering, designing the user experience and creating the UI through the Define and Design phases, working tightly with engineering resources during Development, testing, release planning, feature and bug prioritization, and user interviews.