TY  - CHAP
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Gutbrod, Matthias
A1  - Münch, Jürgen
A1  - Tichy, Matthias
ED  - Felderer, Michael
T1  - How do software startups approach experimentation? Empirical results from a qualitative interview study
T2  - Product-focused software process improvement : 18th International Conference, PROFES 2017, Innsbruck, Austria, November 29-December 1, 2017, proceedings. - (Lecture notes in computer science ; 10611)
N2  - Software startups often make assumptions about the problems and customers they are addressing as well as the market and the solutions they are developing. Testing the right assumptions early is a means to mitigate risks. Approaches such as Lean Startup foster this kind of testing by applying experimentation as part of a constant build-measure-learn feedback loop. The existing research on how software startups approach experimentation is very limited. In this study, we focus on understanding how software startups approach experimentation and identify challenges and advantages with respect to conducting experiments. To achieve this, we conducted a qualitative interview study. The initial results show that startups often spent a disproportionate amount of time focusing on creating solutions without testing critical assumptions. Main reasons are the lack of awareness, that these assumptions can be tested early and a lack of knowledge and support on how to identify, prioritize and test these assumptions. However, startups understand the need for testing risky assumptions and are open to conducting experiments.
KW  - experimentation
KW  - experiment
KW  - software startups
KW  - lean startup
KW  - minimum viable product
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-3-319-69926-4
SB  - 978-3-319-69926-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69926-4_21
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69926-4_21
SP  - 297
EP  - 304
S1  - 8
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -