The “MVP Build or Buy” article helps with the crucial decision of whether to develop or purchase software for new ventures, emphasizing rapid validation of business ideas. It outlines key considerations including learning potential, time to market, cost, effort, scalability, and ease of discontinuation. The article introduces a decision matrix and an Excel tool to help stakeholders score and compare options, ensuring that the decision to build or buy aligns with strategic and operational goals. This approach promotes a collaborative and data-driven decision-making process.
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Triple Track Development: Business Innovation Through Continuous Discovery and Continuous Delivery
Continuous Triple Track Development, comprising Business Strategy, Discovery, and Delivery, revolutionizes product development. Quarterly goals replace yearly plans, ensuring adaptability. Continuous Discovery delves deep into user needs, while Continuous Delivery swiftly transforms validated ideas into products. This synchronized approach fosters unprecedented collaboration, propelling teams towards collective success. It’s not just a methodology; it’s a strategic advantage, enabling businesses to innovate rapidly in today’s dynamic market.
The MVP Canvas Agile Clinic and LT at the XP2016
Are you at the XP2016? Interested on talking about Minimum Viable Product, Lean StartUp, and Design Thinking? So join me for a agile coach clinic on Thursday, 26 May 2016, at 17:30 pm, or a LT on the time date at 12:44, at the Pentland West. 17.30-18.00 Paulo Caroli...
Warning! Are You Building The Right Feature For The Right Product?
It is not about how do you build software. It is about which feature do you build. This is what I used to say. And it explains how I got into MVP (short for minimum viable product). But I have changed. Based on the learning from applying MVP on several organizations,...
Building an Agile Culture with OKR by Felipe Castro
This is a great presentation by Felipe Castro on Agile, OKR, Lean StartUp, and Full-Stack Agility. Building an Agile Culture with OKR from Felipe Castro
The Lean MVP model
The Lean MVP model helps broadening agile and lean practices within the organization. The model is built from the viewpoint of different organizational forces, such as the business units, the project management office, the IT department, and the legal & finance...
Eric Ries on MVP – 2009
Below is a MVP presentation for the inaugural Lean Startup Meetup in San Francisco by Eric Ries. It is a must watch if you are interested in building successful products. Eric starts with a question: Why do we build products? The lean startup is about creating...
How to map story points to function points?
On the past year, I worked on a bank and influenced the contract change to accept function points and agile delivery. Instead of trying to match FP directly to story points, we used a triangulation via MVPs. All focus goes into the MVP and what goes into the MVP....







