Lean Startup is a disciplined, scientific and capital efficient method for discovering and building products and services that people love.
It rocks.
It rocks far more than Agile.
Here’s a table to illustrate some differences (sorry for not defining each term, I’ll leave that as an exercise for you):
| Agile | Lean Startup | Product Roadmap | Business Model Canvas |
|---|---|
| Product Vision | Product Market Fit |
| Release Plan | Minimal Viable Product |
| Sprint | Kanban |
| Sprint Review | Pivot or Persevere Decision |
| On-Site Customer | "Get Out Of The Building" |
| User Story | Hypothesis |
| Backlog | "To Learn" List |
| Definition of Done | Validated Learning |
| Red-Green-Refactor | Build-Measure-Learn |
| Customer Feedback | Customer Validation |
| Acceptance Test | Split Test |
| Velocity | AARRR |
| Mock Object | Feature Fake |
| Continuous Integration | Continuous Deployment |
| Certified Scrum Master | Customer Success Manager |
Lean Startup makes the best parts of Agile more lean and combines them with the brilliant Customer Development process.
I suggest that you start learning about Lean Startup right away and go buy Eric’s book.