The document discusses principles of agile project management and how it can help reduce startup failures. It notes that most startup failures are due to running out of money before having the right product. It then discusses how principles from software engineering, like accepting changes and delivering value fast through prototypes, can be applied to other fields. Agile principles like customer satisfaction, collective commitment, and frequent measurement are presented as an alternative to traditional "break-down and specialize" management methods.

2. Emmanuel Levi-Valensi Blaise Vignon

3. Failure and agility

4. A sadstatistic Proportion of New Businesses Founded in 1992 Still Alive By Year. Most startup failures are due to running out of money beforehaving the right product There canbeother causes (WCR, foundershoutfest, litigation) But not in the context of this talk  Source : Illusions of Entrepreneurship Scott Shane (US Data, all industries)

5. The followingslideswerebuiltwith software engineering in mind The learningfrom Software Engineering have been applied to broaderfields

6. The longer the project, the likelier the failure

7. ….becauseitis the lessclearwhatsuccess looks like …

8. … and noise levelscanget out of control… Undefined Anarchy Complex Requirements Complicated Welldefined Technology (projectenvironment in general) Cuttingedge Mature

9. …but do we know whyprojectsshouldbebig? Only 20% of features are usedoften

10. … and designing the wrongthingiseasy… (we do not always know what the customerwill look like)

11. Project (and startup) management canbelikethis

12. Inefficient way of working The « break-down and specialize » management method leads to many wastes: Stock of useless functionalities, documentation High cost of coordination and communication

13. Agility proposes a different management paradigm… Source: http://agilemanifesto.org/

14. Important Agile Principles Customer satisfaction is the main goal Collective commitment Measure to objectivize Intrinsic quality

15. Agility proposes a different management paradigm…

16. Agile way of deliveringThe Scrumprocess

17. Fail fast, failearly As we are delivering fast, we can harvest positive and negative feedbacks As we accept changes, we can take into account these feedbacks and adapt our plans Feedback is more precious than perfection

18. Tips to accelerate failure (or success) Instead of building a full product or service, prototype it There are several prototype types: The Minimal Viable Product Mechanical turk Pinocchio The Provincial

19. Agile Marketing Imagine and validate the MVP Generatedemand Validatemarkethypothesis Accelerate!

20. Somegreat books… http://institut-agile.fr

21. Use a cloud … ittracksyourneed “Fastgrowth“ “On / Off “ Période d’inactivité Charge Charge Utilisation Utilisation Utilisation Temps Temps “Unpredictibleload“ “predictibleload“ Charge Charge Utilisation Utilisation Temps Temps

22. Use a cloud… itreduceswaste