🔗 playbook, by thoughtbot

playbook, by thoughtbot

This is your playbook. It details how you and your teammates run our software consulting company and how we make web and mobile products together.

We’ve made the playbook free and licensed it as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial so others may learn from, or use, our tactics in their own companies.

• HELLO
• TIME
  • Consulting
  • Investment
• PRODUCT DESIGN SPRINT
  • Prep Work
  • Understand
  • Diverge
  • Converge
  • Prototype
  • Test and Learn
• CHOOSE PLATFORMS
  • Web Apps
  • Mobile Apps
  • Programming Languages
  • Frameworks
  • Databases
  • Licenses
• LAPTOP SETUP
  • Laptop
  • Dotfiles
  • Text Editor
• PLANNING
  • Daily Standups
  • Tasks
  • Weekly Retrospectives
  • Planning Meeting
  • Altering the Process
• DESIGNING
  • Sketches
  • Wireframes
  • User Interface
  • Interaction Design
  • Visual Design
  • Usability Testing
• DEVELOPING
  • Version Control
  • Style Guide
  • Pair Programming
  • Test-Driven Development
  • Acceptance Tests
  • Refactoring
  • Code Reviews
  • Continuous Integration
• PRODUCTION
  • Checklist
  • Domain Names
  • SSL Certificates
  • Hosting
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Error Tracking
  • Transactional Email
  • Payment Processing
• MEASURING
  • AARRR
  • Instrumentation
  • Subscription Metrics
  • A/B Testing
  • Feature Flags
• SALES
  • Leads
  • Understanding Product Vision
  • On Site Customer
  • NDAs
  • Roles
  • No Fixed Bids
  • Budget
  • Rate
  • Typical Projects
  • Contract
  • Invoices
• HIRING
  • Recruiting
  • Interviewing
  • Offer and Onboarding
• OPERATIONS
  • Expenses
  • Email
  • Calendar
  • Documents
  • Meetings
  • Accounting
  • Legal
• SHARING
  • Blog
  • Twitter
  • Research
  • Open Source
• GOODBYE