Lean UX Principles

Lean User Experience (Lean UX) design is a mindset, culture, and a process that embraces Lean-Agile methods. It implements functionality in minimum viable increments and determines success by measuring results against a benefit hypothesis.

Cross-functional teams

Conduct research to develop an understanding of your users

Progress = outcomes not output

Features and services are output; achieving business goals are outcomes

Problem-focused teams

Don't just implement features, solve problems.

Removing waste


Removing any work that doesn’t get you closer to your business outcome

Continous discovery


Keep engaging with your custiomers. Check in every 2/3 weeks

Get out of the building (GOOB)


Stop endless debating between colleagues, GOOB and find out.

Shared understanding


Share what you know, learn and grow as a team.

Anti-pattern rockstars, gurus & ninjas

No one member of the team is better than nay other. Work as a team without egos.

Externalising your work

Get ideas out of your head and onto a whiteboard

Making over analysis

Make, then learn; don’t waste time debating in a conference

Learning over growth

Make the right thing first, then go for scale.

Permission to fail


Experiment and take risks.