Speculative Design vs Lean Startup
Developers should learn Speculative Design when working on projects with long-term societal impact, such as AI ethics, sustainability tech, or public policy tools, to anticipate unintended consequences and foster responsible innovation meets developers should learn lean startup when working in startups, new product development, or innovation teams to minimize wasted effort and resources. Here's our take.
Speculative Design
Developers should learn Speculative Design when working on projects with long-term societal impact, such as AI ethics, sustainability tech, or public policy tools, to anticipate unintended consequences and foster responsible innovation
Speculative Design
Nice PickDevelopers should learn Speculative Design when working on projects with long-term societal impact, such as AI ethics, sustainability tech, or public policy tools, to anticipate unintended consequences and foster responsible innovation
Pros
- +It is particularly useful in user experience (UX) research, product strategy, and interdisciplinary teams to broaden perspectives and engage stakeholders in critical dialogue about future possibilities
- +Related to: user-experience-design, design-thinking
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Lean Startup
Developers should learn Lean Startup when working in startups, new product development, or innovation teams to minimize wasted effort and resources
Pros
- +It's particularly useful for validating product-market fit, testing assumptions with real users, and adapting quickly based on data-driven insights
- +Related to: agile-development, design-thinking
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Speculative Design if: You want it is particularly useful in user experience (ux) research, product strategy, and interdisciplinary teams to broaden perspectives and engage stakeholders in critical dialogue about future possibilities and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Lean Startup if: You prioritize it's particularly useful for validating product-market fit, testing assumptions with real users, and adapting quickly based on data-driven insights over what Speculative Design offers.
Developers should learn Speculative Design when working on projects with long-term societal impact, such as AI ethics, sustainability tech, or public policy tools, to anticipate unintended consequences and foster responsible innovation
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