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Part 2: Build

Use Tracer Bullets

Learn how to quickly build prototypes and initial versions that capture 80% of the benefits at 20% of the effort to validate your direction.

Fast Validation

The tracer bullet approach lets you test your direction quickly and cheaply. This chapter teaches you how to build minimal versions that validate your most critical assumptions.

Key Concepts

Learn to identify what really matters, build fast prototypes, and use early feedback to refine your direction before committing major resources.

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Big Ideas

  • Ship early, learn fast
  • 80/20 your way to validation
  • Prototypes are hypotheses, not products

Chapter Outline

  1. The tracer bullet methodology
  2. Identifying the essential 20%
  3. Rapid prototyping techniques
  4. Learning from early versions
  5. Go/no-go decision points

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