Governments Take a Lean Startup Approach – "When there are real-life facts and data behind what people want, it can enable things that may not have been possible before."

"Think big, start small, scale fast and be flexible. Life’s too short to have no impact."Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author (The Lean Startup) Eric Ries

When Silicon Valley entrepreneur Eric Ries started writing his book The Lean Startup, he had no idea he’d ever be talking about the public sector. The Lean Startup, after all, is all about creating rapid prototypes that test market assumptions, using customer feedback in an effort to evolve design faster than more traditional product development practices, and getting new ideas into the marketplace quickly — all of which run counterintuitively to the way government works. Yet Ries was in for a surprise.

By Justine Brown

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/pcio/Governments-Take-a-Lean-Startup-Approach.html

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