Kai Stevens: Hardware Discovery: When the Usual Playbook Doesn't Apply

Modern hardware product teams are encouraged to operate agile, yet find themselves stuck in hardware development cycles where decisions about materials, components and tooling lock them in for months and mistakes are expensive to reverse. They are balancing pressure to move fast against the reality that physical products demand certainty before commitment. The standard agile playbook assumes rapid iteration and reversible decisions, while hardware product teams often face the exact opposite. In this session, we will explore together how hardware product teams can navigate that tension and decide when to validate upfront and when to learn along the way.

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