Less is More | TrAvid Blog

Process

Race to Running Software

• Get something real up and running quickly
  • Running software is real.
  • Once you’re there, you’ll be rewarded with a significantly more accurate perspective on how to proceed.
  • Stories, wireframes, even html mockups, are just approximations.

Rinse and Repeat

• Work in iterations
• Iterations lead to liberation

From Idea to Implementation

• Go from brainstorm to sketches to HTML to coding
  • Brainstorm
    • about big questions
  • Paper sketches
  • Create HTML screens
  • Code it

Avoid Preferences

• Decide the little details so your customers don’t have to
• Preferences are a way to avoid making tough decisions
  • Customers shouldn’t have to think about every nitty gritty detail
  • More options require more code: evil
• Make the call
  • Examples: sorting order, number of items to display on each page

“Done!”

• Decisions are temporary so make the call and move on
• Keep the momentum going
• Revise if necessary
• Execute, build momentum, and move on.
• To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.

Test in the Wild

• Test your app via real world usage
• Do it quick
  1. Decide if it’s worth doing, and if so:
  2. Do it quick – not perfect. just do it.
  3. Save it. upload it. publish it
  4. See what people think

Shrink Your Time

• Break it down
  • Keep breaking down timeframes into smaller chunks.
  • Same goes to tasks
  • Smaller Tasks and Smaller Timelines are easier to manage