💬 Experimentation Matters

Replied to Experimentation Matters by David Culberhouse (dculberh.wordpress.com)

In their Harvard Business Review article The Discipline of Business Experimentation, Stefan Thomke and Jim Manzi provide a set of question that can serve as a pre-flight checklist for running any type of organizational experimentation:

Does The Experiment Have A Clear Purpose?

Have Stakeholders Made A Commitment To Abide By The Results?

Is The Experiment Doable?

How Can We Ensure Reliable Results?

Have We Gotten The Most Value Out Of The Experiment?

Your discussion of experimentation reminds me of Alma Harris’ notion of disciplined collaboration. One of the quotes that has always stuck with me is:

It does not matter what you call it, what matters is that the collaboration is disciplined

Feel the same could be said about experimentation.