DeveloperWeek Seattle: Cloud Edition

Cloud developers all know about MVP (minimum viable product). While MVP has helped companies focus on validating the riskiest assumptions, this approach has notable downsides, the most significant one being that “alpha” or “beta” versions of products often don’t engage users, or create enough “love” to help the product grow. A much better alternative is to aim for the MLP (most lovable product). What makes a product lovable and immediately irresistible? It must solve a customer’s problem and it must be designed with the user’s experience and goals in mind. Users should be able to easily connect with the product, want the product to succeed, and provide actionable feedback to improve the overall effectiveness of the product. Come to hear the closing keynote, reminding all of us to not only think about how to build, but also keep in mind why we build.