# Validated learning

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'''Validated learning''' is used in [scrum](/source/Scrum_(software_development)). The term was proposed by [Eric Ries](/source/Eric_Ries) in 2011. <ref name="Essential Scrum: Velocity">{{Citation
 |publication-date = 2013
 |title            = Essential Scrum. A Practical Guide to the Most Popular Agile Process
 |publisher        = Addison-Wesley
 |language         = EN
 |last             = Rubin
 |first            = Kenneth S.
 |year = 2012
 |page             = 44
 |isbn          = 978-0-13-704329-3}}</ref>
It is a unit of progress process and describes conclusions generated by trying out an initial idea and then measuring it against potential customers to [validate](/source/Verification_and_validation) the effect. Each test of an idea is a single [iteration](/source/iteration) in a larger process of many iterations whereby something is learnt and then applied to succeeding tests.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ries|first=Eric|title=The Lean Startup|url=http://theleanstartup.com/principles|accessdate=4 September 2012}}</ref> The term coined in the [lean startup](/source/lean_startup) scene, but it can be applied universally.

Validated learning is especially popular on the [web](/source/World_Wide_Web), where [analytics](/source/analytics) software can track visitor behavior and give accurate [statistics](/source/statistics) and insight on how website features work in reality. Validated learning can, however, be applied to anything; one just needs to be innovative on what to use as [metrics](/source/Performance_metric).

Typical steps in validated learning:
# Specify a goal
# Specify a metric that represents the goal
# Act to achieve the goal
# Analyze the metric – did you get closer to the goal?
# Improve and try again

Phrased in a different way
# Validate important assumptions fast {{cite web
 |url=https://innolution.com/essential-scrum/table-of-contents/chapter-3-agile-principles
 |title=Agile Principles: Chapter 3
 |date=2019-06-10
|publisher= Addison-Wesley
}}
# Leverage multiple concurrent learning loops {{cite web
 |url=https://de.slideshare.net/yyeret/postagile-approaches-agile-for-the-real-world-and-how-to-avoid-agile-failure
 |title=Post-agile approaches - agile for the real world
 |date=2019-06-10
 |publisher=Yuval Yeret
}}
# Organize workflow for fast feedback {{cite web
 |url=https://blog.axosoft.com/feedback-loops-agile-development/
 |title=How to Use Fast Feedback Loops
 |date=2019-06-10
|publisher=Axosoft, LLC.
}}

To specify a goal, [SMART target finding](/source/SMART_criteria) could apply.

== See also ==
* [DMAIC](/source/DMAIC)
* [Kaizen](/source/Kaizen)
* [Learning cycle](/source/Learning_cycle)
* [Six Sigma](/source/Six_Sigma)

== Sources ==
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