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The origin of the Minimum Viable Product.\u00a0<\/strong>The Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a crucial component of the Lean Startup principles. But the practice can also be immensely impactful in more established companies. An MVP can be defined as a version of a solution that contains the minimum feature set that satisfies the needs of the customer. Importantly, an MVP must also establish that a customer would pay for the solution, assuming that this is part of the business model. An MVP is a step within a routine known as Build, Measure, Learn. First, an MVP is built, then reactions are measured and then learnings are accounted for, before repeating the process, refining the MVP each time. For more on the origin of MVPs,\u00a0check out the official Lean Startup manifesto.<\/a><\/p>\n

How to maximize your minimum viable product.\u00a0<\/strong>There are plenty of good reasons to employ MVPs.\u00a0As the HUGE team note<\/a>, good product teams do so because they understand that you can’t assume you know what your customers want and that you should “focus your MVP on validating your assumptions about users, and listen to their reactions closely.” MVPs will also help your team focus on what’s important — testing key features as opposed to all of them and reacting iteratively based on what is learned.<\/p>\n

Why enterprise product managers should choose MVEs over MVPs.<\/strong>\u00a0Startups will find it easy to throw caution to the wind and release iterations of a product to a live audience, even if there are serious flaws present. This approach is much more difficult for larger companies. Giving the example of a financial institution working on an MVP for a payment application,\u00a0Michael Bamberger illustrates how unwieldy the process would be<\/a>\u00a0to get legal approval for each iteration. His suggestion is that you reframe your MVPs as MVEs (MV Experiments). Beyond altering some of the ways you approach the process, this seems to be mostly nomenclature. But it could make it a more digestible process for all levels of the business. Bonus: HBR has\u00a0four other tips<\/a>\u00a0for launching MVPs in big companies<\/p>\n

The four types of MVPs.<\/strong>\u00a0An MVP can take different forms, including Concierge. With this method, you are replacing automated services with unscaleable manual work.\u00a0Ryan Law gives us an example<\/a>\u00a0— meal planning service Food on the Table dealt directly with their first customers, understanding specific requirements and then giving meal recommendations. This would later be replaced with sophisticated software once the product was validated. You could also simply create a landing page that sufficiently illustrates the value proposition and presents this to potential customers online or in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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