UX for Lean Startups: Faster, Smarter User Experience Research and Design
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- Author：Laura Klein
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Summary
p>Great user experiences （UX） are essential for products today， but designing one can be a lengthy and expensive process。 With this practical， hands-on book， you'll learn how to do it faster and smarter using Lean UX techniques。 UX expert Laura Klein shows you what it takes to gather valuable input from customers， build something they'll truly love， and reduce the time it takes to get your product to market。
No prior experience in UX or design is necessary to get started。 If you're an entrepreneur or an innovator， this book puts you right to work with proven tips and tools for researching， identifying， and designing an intuitive， easy-to-use product。
Determine whether people will buy your product before you build it
Listen to your customers throughout the product's lifecycle
Understand why you should design a test before you design a product
Get nine tools that are critical to designing your product
Discern the difference between necessary features and nice-to-haves
Learn how a Minimum Viable Product affects your UX decisions
Use A/B testing in conjunction with good UX practices
Speed up your product development process without sacrificing quality
No prior experience in UX or design is necessary to get started。 If you're an entrepreneur or an innovator， this book puts you right to work with proven tips and tools for researching， identifying， and designing an intuitive， easy-to-use product。
Determine whether people will buy your product before you build it
Listen to your customers throughout the product's lifecycle
Understand why you should design a test before you design a product
Get nine tools that are critical to designing your product
Discern the difference between necessary features and nice-to-haves
Learn how a Minimum Viable Product affects your UX decisions
Use A/B testing in conjunction with good UX practices
Speed up your product development process without sacrificing quality
Reviews
Emilia F。
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#great book
Sreejith Prabhakaran
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It's a great book for beginners as well as other cross functional teams who dont have an understanding about user experience design process and how it works for a business。 Author has tried it to make it much more simple so that someone who is not familiar with UX terms find easy understanding things。 It's a great book for beginners as well as other cross functional teams who dont have an understanding about user experience design process and how it works for a business。 Author has tried it to make it much more simple so that someone who is not familiar with UX terms find easy understanding things。 。。。more
Catherine
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Barely learnt anything。
Pradyuman Singh Rajput
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Why a great UX matters
Ayushi Pareek
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Absolutely must read for anyone interested in the process。 It’s so full of personality and explains everything so well。 Definitely going to revisit this book over and over。
Ania Gaska
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I enjoyed reading it， Klein is funny and straightforward。 Reading her book felt like getting to have a conversation and finding out all the most important things you need to know， along with all the things that annoy her the most。
Pulak （Nick） Khurana
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Web design is such a creative pursuit。 As a software engineer， I'm amazed at the beautiful interfaces that designers can create。 I certainly appreciate the eye for design （which a sorely lack） that designers bring to the table， but a lot of times I've seen designers not worry about how their designs are interpreted by the end user。Doing the kind of qualitative and quantitative tests suggested by Klein will make your beautiful design also friendly enough to provide a great overall experience to t Web design is such a creative pursuit。 As a software engineer， I'm amazed at the beautiful interfaces that designers can create。 I certainly appreciate the eye for design （which a sorely lack） that designers bring to the table， but a lot of times I've seen designers not worry about how their designs are interpreted by the end user。Doing the kind of qualitative and quantitative tests suggested by Klein will make your beautiful design also friendly enough to provide a great overall experience to the end user。 Definitely recommend！ 。。。more
Amar Bhullar
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Good explanation on how to use lean methodology on user experience for tech startups
Paulina
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Super interesting read with lots of actionable advice， would recommend to anyone working in the IT world 😊
Andrew
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Interesting， rhetorical。
Sara
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Rarely write a review but Laura has such a way of saying things that are impactful and also light， funny and memorable。 Real actions that can be started today。 Just a great read。
jungwonlee
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dddd
Dylan Stephenson
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To the author's credit， this book contains some good information on a no bullshit approach Ux for companies in the early stages。 What really lost me was the authors mocking style to make points。 The whole book felt a little arrogant。Here's this really stupid idea--so do this instead， and just to reiterate， the person who thought of the first idea was stupid。。。 was the reoccurring theme of the book。 Ultimately it's the kind of book which could have been summed up in one chapter。 I would recommend To the author's credit， this book contains some good information on a no bullshit approach Ux for companies in the early stages。 What really lost me was the authors mocking style to make points。 The whole book felt a little arrogant。Here's this really stupid idea--so do this instead， and just to reiterate， the person who thought of the first idea was stupid。。。 was the reoccurring theme of the book。 Ultimately it's the kind of book which could have been summed up in one chapter。 I would recommend reading the cliff notes absorbing the good ideas and saving yourself some time。 。。。more
Arunabh
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The author goes overboard with her terrible writing skills trying to make her content sound interesting and comical， but fails only to be a drab read。 The informal writing is just terrible。 Coming to the content part， it’s repetitive and it’s highly opinionated to the author’s narrow perspective of design。 The examples used to illustrate her point are used from a mocking perspective， and don’t add any value。 Someone really needs to work on better scripting before trying to be comical。 Such a boo The author goes overboard with her terrible writing skills trying to make her content sound interesting and comical， but fails only to be a drab read。 The informal writing is just terrible。 Coming to the content part， it’s repetitive and it’s highly opinionated to the author’s narrow perspective of design。 The examples used to illustrate her point are used from a mocking perspective， and don’t add any value。 Someone really needs to work on better scripting before trying to be comical。 Such a book advocating product owners/ entrepreneurs to copy design ideas from others are a bane for the design profession and community。 It misses out on the novelty of design completely。 Such is difference between the thinking of an architect and a draftsman。 She doesn’t dwell into the intricacies of design but looks at it as a commodity。 An extremely disappointing read and thought to follow。 。。。more
Sheri Yar
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Must read for the UX designer！
Ahmad hosseini
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This book can be useful for entrepreneurs， product designers， owners and managers。 Book did not have new things for me because I had read Lean UX before it。 At the end of the book， the author put a summary of the book:User research: Listen to your users。 All the time。 I mean it。Validation: When you make assumptions or create hypotheses， test them before spending lots of time building products around them。Design: Iterate。 Iterate。 Iterate。
Mahmoud Ghoz
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This book is detailing the validation part in the lean Startup。The book is highly recommended
Gomz
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Loved the book。 Well edited chapters make good reading。
Samantha
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Great for complete beginners to UX。 Detailed outline of the process， and lots of tips and tricks。
Justin
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Didn't expand that much over "The lean Startup"。 Wasn't very concise。This is probably quite useful for designers （I am a developer）; especially those who haven't yet read "The lean Startup" Didn't expand that much over "The lean Startup"。 Wasn't very concise。This is probably quite useful for designers （I am a developer）; especially those who haven't yet read "The lean Startup" 。。。more
Amrit
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This is 3rd Lean book that I have read on Lean， the first two being Lean Startup and Lean Analytics。 I can vouch this is definitely one of the best books and strongly recommend to anyone who has an idea about solution to a problem and wants to convert that to a product。 The book offers practical advice for validating all that you need towards building a product。 The book starts by offering advice on how to conduct qualitative research on the idea to check if customers really need that and then m This is 3rd Lean book that I have read on Lean， the first two being Lean Startup and Lean Analytics。 I can vouch this is definitely one of the best books and strongly recommend to anyone who has an idea about solution to a problem and wants to convert that to a product。 The book offers practical advice for validating all that you need towards building a product。 The book starts by offering advice on how to conduct qualitative research on the idea to check if customers really need that and then moving on to landing pages to confirm the hypothesis and then to A/B testing to get statistically significant data on whether proposed changes increases certain metrics or not。 Between the various ideas， the books talks about how to speed up things aka faster user research， faster design etc。 emphasizing the "lean" concept of doing just enough and thus avoiding wastage。 Other key takeaways for me were designing the test first， when to use qualitative vs quantitative tests， tips on creating various types of MVP including landing page， Wizard of Oz， Fake door test etc。 。。。more
Ricardo Praelli
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A great book on Lean UX for entrepreneurs。 A solid 4 stars from me。
Nicola De Filippo
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Good book， wih some repetition
Sergio
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Un libro que habla sobre metodologías para diseño ágil de productos。 La esencia de la metodología es validar las hipótesis con indicadores de experiencia de los usuarios para ver si las nuevas ideas de diseño valen la pena o no。Me parece que el libro es útil， y después se pone demasiado repetitivo， pero vale la pena aprender de él。
Jordan
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Decent book with sensible advice - I'd call it a strong 3 / 5。Main points were:* test your ideas early and continuously - qualitatively （user interviews & observation） for open-ended questions - quantitatively （A/B testing） for well-formed either-or questions* prototype early and add incrementallyOnly two things I think could have been improved:* felt very repetitive to me* the tone didn't help me respect the material （but maybe I'm just old school？） a little "flippant"， and sort of preemptively Decent book with sensible advice - I'd call it a strong 3 / 5。Main points were:* test your ideas early and continuously - qualitatively （user interviews & observation） for open-ended questions - quantitatively （A/B testing） for well-formed either-or questions* prototype early and add incrementallyOnly two things I think could have been improved:* felt very repetitive to me* the tone didn't help me respect the material （but maybe I'm just old school？） a little "flippant"， and sort of preemptively angry about the fact that someone might disagree 。。。more
Alper Çuğun
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Too familiar for me to gain much from reading this but for anybody who doesn't do digital product design professionally， this book is a go-to resource if they need to get up to speed。 Too familiar for me to gain much from reading this but for anybody who doesn't do digital product design professionally， this book is a go-to resource if they need to get up to speed。 。。。more
Michele1963
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recommended by Joe Natoli
Leisa Michelle
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Great introduction for people who don't really know much about UX Design。 It was well written， pretty funny， and valuable。 Only downside for me was that it seemed a little bit repetitive。 Still worth the read though！The introduction of the book talked about what Lean UX is and isn’t。 It was compared to Agile Design and User-Centered Design， which meant nothing to me， to be honest。 The actual definition was irrelevant to why I was reading this book - I care more about the practice and benefits of Great introduction for people who don't really know much about UX Design。 It was well written， pretty funny， and valuable。 Only downside for me was that it seemed a little bit repetitive。 Still worth the read though！The introduction of the book talked about what Lean UX is and isn’t。 It was compared to Agile Design and User-Centered Design， which meant nothing to me， to be honest。 The actual definition was irrelevant to why I was reading this book - I care more about the practice and benefits of Lean UX。 But the rest of the book got into the meat of that。Lean UX can be summarized into 3 principles:t1。 Do research。 Ask questions， make hypotheses。t2。 Validate。 Answer questions， test hypotheses。t3。 Iterate。 Take answers and data， and then make adjustments。Research is extremely important not just because it tells you whether your product or service is viable， but because it saves you time and money。 The key to Lean UX is doing research and avoiding problems before they come up。 Don't waste your resources。"Lean UX isn’t about adding features to a product， it’s about figuring out which metrics drive a business。”The author talked about the 2 different kinds of research you can do: quantitative and qualitative。 "Quantitative research tells you what your problem is。 Qualitative research tells you why you have that problem。"Quantitative research is about getting statistically significant data about a potential feature or workflow - like A/B testing。 Qualitative research is about listening to what the user has to say。 You have to pay attention to what they do and how they use your product。 Looking over someone's shoulder while they use your product is a great way to do user research。The best way to figure out if you product is any good is to hand your product over to the people and observe how they use it。 The worst way is to ask people if they would use it。 The main reasons for this are because we as consumers don't really know what we want and our dollars speak louder than our words。Another thing I liked from this book was this set of questions we should ask when determining if a landing page has good UX:t1。 What does the user think this product does？t2。 Who does the user think the product is for？t3。 Can the user figure out how to get the product？It seems simple， but those questions are golden。 I think they apply not just to UX designers and marketers， but also to authors， video producers， and a whole slew of other people。 Think about The Startup of You by Reid Hoffman。 Make sure you can answer these questions about yourself as a professional。Another important aspect of UX design is making sure that you're starting with problems， not solutions。 Bad starting point = "Let's add commenting functionality to the product page！" Good starting point = "Users aren't able to communicate with each other， which affects their engagement with the product。"All in all， good book。 This is extremely accessible to lay people and most valuable to anyone working in the startup realm （especially marketers and business dev folks）。 If you're already a UX designer or you've read a fair amount of stuff on UX， you probably won't find this novel at all。 。。。more
Sarah Klein
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Very practical advice for companies that need to be quick on their feet。
Gin
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