Earliest Validated Learning

Authors

  • Anil Kumar Gupta Business Empowerment Coach

Keywords:

entrepreneurship, EVL, MVP, start-up, validation

Abstract

The journey of entrepreneurship starts with identification of problem which needs to be solved. Existing practices such as minimum viable product is more focussed towards the validation of solution to the problem. There is no point in progressing further if the problem identified does not worth solving, so validation of problem is the first and very important activity in entrepreneurship journey. The earliest validated learning (EVL) is a set of techniques for the validation of problem. It will not only help entrepreneurs to fail early and gracefully in case it’s unavoidable, but also help in keeping motivation high for the rest of their journey. Some of the historical examples demonstrate that how employing EVL techniques could help in estimating their potential market, bringing team/stakeholders together and convincing investors.

Author Biography

Anil Kumar Gupta, Business Empowerment Coach

Anil Kumar Gupta (AKA Er. Anil Guru) is a Business Empowerment Coach who supports ventures from Envisioning to Empowerment (E2E) by Inform, Instruct and Inspire (3Is) founders through sharing Insights, Intellect, Information and Ideas (4Is). He is An Electronics Instrumentation Engineer, Software Professional & Author.

He is technology entrepreneur and also helping over a dozens of startup ventures to succeed in their entrepreneurship journey.  In his able leadership role, Hexaview Technologies could touch the new horizons of growth and win several prestigious accolades like Deloitte Fast 50 Tech Companies in India, NCCI Award of Excellence, 50 Cool startups of the year.

He is best known as 10X Growth Guru for providing 10X growth to Startups & Small entrepreneur along with mid-size companies too. A few dozens of ventures has been benefited through his start-up mentoring, product commercialization and growth strategies.

He is instrumental in connecting Indian diaspora to motherland through various connects like socio-political, corporate or cultural connects.

He has a vision to work with Govt bodies, Chambers of Commerce and corporate to connect Indian diaspora and promote collective growth in terms of monetary capital, social capital and knowledge capital.

Among his association with various business organizations his association with PHD Chamber of Commerce as Convener – PHD Diaspora Forum   worth mentioning here. 

 

 

ANIL KUMAR GUPTA

B.Tech (Electronics & Instrumentation), MCSE, ITIL, ISEB

High Accomplished Startup / Business Coach

Ex Convener – PHD Diaspora Forum

Mentor for Change – Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Ayog

Awarded like “Samaj Ka Gaurav” from a National level prestigious Vaish organization.

International Author, Speaker / Jury @ IITs, Universities, Management Colleges and Business Platforms

 

 

He is Father of Customization Quality in Dynamics AX ERP. He has been first person outside Microsoft to define, implement and evaluate quality standards for Dynamics AX customization project, which started trends of QA in ERPs.

 

 

Due to his zeal for bringing change in nation, he is appointed by NITI Ayog as Mentor for Change under its Atal Innovation Mission.

He has been considered an authority in Ideation, Product Designing, Business Modelling and Strategic Management.

 

Technology Competence

He is also a technology guru too. He has played crucial role in many country level innovative implementations in almost all the gulf countries and some of them got global recognition. His deep rooted passion and interest for his chosen profession is reflected in him authoring a published 

book “Quality Assurance for Dynamics AX Based ERP Solutions” from Packt Publishing, UK.

Anil has established and managed various combinations of local teams, geographically distributed teams and outsourced teams. He has strong team building, communication (spoken and written) and interpersonal skills.

 

Career History

November 2012 to Present

Chief Strategy Officer

Hexaview Technologies

Anil has established the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) competencies of the company in India. Anil has been instrumental in establishing a mature practice with strong governance measures.

Anil is growth catalyst who made it one of the Deloitte Fast 50 Technology company in India.

 

June 2010 to November 2012

Quality Assurance Consultant

National Information Center, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Anil established a Software Management Office and acted as Software Portfolio Manager for the newly established facility, indirectly managing vendor teams, employees and contractors. He provided strategic direction to the CMMI rollout, providing processes, guidelines, work processes, templates and quality checklists. He established governance to ensure adherence to process, and performed audits, initiating preventative or corrective action as appropriate. This fast-paced activity resulted in streamlining of various projects and establishing a clear understanding amongst stakeholders.

June 2009 to June 2010

Chief Quality Officer

AX Marketplace, New Jersey, United States of America

Anil managed product and process certifications for the company. The required process definition, guidelines, templates, work instructions and checklists.

Anil setup and administered a PMO with geographically distributed team, based in the US, India and Romania. The team included company employees and contractors.

 

October 2006 to March 2009

Quality Assurance Manager

HP, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Anil was engaged at a senior level, contributing to the business development / delivery of the HP offering in the region. This activity included capability development, and assessment of projects with respect to factors such as Risk and Variance Analysis and Control. He was actively involved in the RFP and bid processes, and in contract management for both vendors and clients. He developed quality standards and audit controls to improve project management processes and the quality assurance of deliverables. Anil successfully developed quality assurance teams, mentoring and training the team members.

In a consultancy capacity, Anil established a governance function (PMO) for a newly formed bank, with the processes to ensure that the 35 IT projects of the bank adhered to standards. He transformed a test team for a client, and provided the tools and tool configuration (Quality Center) for the revamped team. Anil also demonstrated  pragmatism and innovation in identifying an unconventional strategy for business requirement elicitation that enabled a project to gain business approval and move to production.

 

March 2004 to October 2006

Quality Assurance Manager

Euro Info Systems Pvt Limited, Noida, India

Anil established and led the testing practice for this company, this included defining all of the required elements required to succeed, including business strategy, revenue models and KPIs. He established a service model, with differing service packages available to different categories of customer. He established and implemented Quality Assurance policies, processes and work instructions. He administered activities relating to Delivery Management, and Test, from both an IT verification and business validation perspective. The company gained ISO 9001:200 accreditation and recognition for excellence from Microsoft.

In this role, Anil demonstrated his willingness to take on a challenge and take the responsibility and action required to achieve success.

 

September 2000 to February 2004

Senior Software Engineer

FootP@th, Inc., Delhi, India

 

June 1997 to August 2000

Web Developer

Cyber Comptech Pvt. Limited, KOTA, India

 

 

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Published

2020-12-08

How to Cite

Gupta, A. K. (2020). Earliest Validated Learning. NOLEGEIN- Journal of Entrepreneurship Planning, Development and Management, 3(2), 30–34. Retrieved from https://mbajournals.in/index.php/JoEPDM/article/view/590

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2020): NOLEGEIN Journal of Entrepreneurship Planning, Development and Management

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