Re:Demos, Prototypes, and MVPs
by ealexhudson on Sunday January 19, 2020 @07:50AM
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But the "viable product" bit is the hypothesis you're testing.
If you're saying "before you release it, it has to be believable as a product" - I think I basically agree with that, and for sure, that's a subset of the total things that might be "experiments" (because you can experiment with individual features, and stuff like that).
I suppose there are two ways of reading the word "viable", either "does this look sufficiently like a product?" or "is a product with this basic concept likely to thrive in the marketplace?". I think too many people focus on the former and not the latter.
If you're saying "before you release it, it has to be believable as a product" - I think I basically agree with that, and for sure, that's a subset of the total things that might be "experiments" (because you can experiment with individual features, and stuff like that).
I suppose there are two ways of reading the word "viable", either "does this look sufficiently like a product?" or "is a product with this basic concept likely to thrive in the marketplace?". I think too many people focus on the former and not the latter.