Define: "Minimum Viable Product" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"A half-baked solution that will be pushed to production permanently. Code it poorly so they have to fix it."
A product with just enough features to satisfy early customers and provide feedback.
What does "Minimum Viable Product" actually mean?
"A half-finished, bug-riddled mess that management is forcing us to push to production."
"The development team is focused solely on delivering the minimum viable product by Friday."
"We launched the Minimum Viable Product to the client, effectively using paying customers as our only quality assurance team."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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