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Re:Customers hate MVPs – Make it simple, loveable, and compl... by loopz on Thursday April 23, 2020 @09:57AM (#22956018)
That's business. Of course it can be done in an underhanded way, but with transparency, respect and for the right reasons, it can be valuable input what to build initially. Wether you call it "MVP" or not is purely semantic. thus irrelevant to the context.
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Re:Customers hate MVPs – Make it simple, loveable, and compl... by MaxBarraclough on Thursday April 23, 2020 @10:17AM (#22956230)
> can be valuable input what to build initially

Sure. Just don't pretend it's something that it isn't.

> Wether you call it "MVP" or not is purely semantic

Well, no. It's not the correct use of the term. Let's be dramatic and look at the worst case: deliberately misusing a term-of-art like 'MVP' may be tantamount to misleading investors and clients.

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