The Duolingo Handbook - Ship it!

A mental map on the third chapter of the Duolingo Handbook

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This is the mind map I made based on the contents of the third chapter of The Duolingo Handbook .

The third chapter focuses on the concepts of rapid innovation and continuous improvement. It is not just about speed, it is about creating a culture that cultivates experimentation and prioritisation of what really impacts the user.

The main key points are:

  • clock speed, for the importance of being fast in action and minimising the interval between decision and implementation
  • experimentation and learning to support continuous improvement through real-world data
  • prioritisation and efficiency to emphasise the need to focus on high user-impact activities, mercilessly cutting everything else
  • tension between agility and processes, where we need to understand what is the right balance between speed and the processes required to maintain control and quality

Below the mind map.

The Duolingo Handbook - Ship it! (mindmap)