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Re:Types of MVP by dkopi on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @09:48AM (#11253224)
"First, a definition: the minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort." - http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2009/08/minimum-viable-...

A wireframe or a mockup very might as well be a minimum viable product. They're easy to set up, and the right people can often gather valuable information using a mockup only. The point isn't to have a functional product. The point is to gather information and validate your assumptions about customers.

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Re:Types of MVP by jrochkind1 on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @01:27PM (#11254690)
Okay, that's not the definition of "minimum viable product" I've heard and used.

I thought it was... well, the minimum viable product. Meaning it's a product. Which is viable.

So, okay, apparently "MVP" doesn't mean much anymore.

I'd call that definition of an "MVP" something else. Like, I dunno, a prototype? Minimum viable prototype? I guess that still has the same acronym...

Even the wikipedia article says "A minimum viable product has just those core features that allow the product to be deployed, and no more." It's the product. Deployed. Not a drawing. A drawing is not the product unless your business is selling drawings.

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Re:Types of MVP by dkopi on Wednesday March 09, 2016 @04:22PM (#11255815)
Context: Eric Reis is the writer of "The Lean Startup" and the person who coined the term MVP.
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