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"Minimum Viable Product (MVP)"

"Minimum Viable Product" (MVP) means the simplest version of a product that works well enough to be released and tested with real users, so the team can learn before building more.

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How "Minimum Viable Product (MVP)" shows up at work

Coined by Eric Ries and now used to justify shipping things that are sometimes more minimum than viable. The original idea was principled and sound; in practice it occasionally becomes cover for skipping work the team did not want to do.

Buzzword

Let's ship an MVP first and iterate based on what users actually do.

Plain English

Let's ship a basic version first and improve it based on what users actually do.

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