[teampractices] MVP or MMP?

Tue Jun 16 21:14:18 UTC 2015

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 10:14 AM, David Strine <dstrine at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> Is the current usage of MVP in context with other levels of "done"?
>

>    - MVP - truly MVP, barely consumable by users
>    - Competitive - meets or slightly exceeds competitors
>    - BATMAN  - yes, all caps. this should be so cool it makes your head
>    explode!
>
>
>
>    - MVP - truly MVP, barely consumable by users
>    - MCP - Minimum Competitive Product
>
> I'm having all kinds of trouble reacting to this. So rather than
attempting to assemble a coherent flowing reply, I'll offer bullet point
thoughts:

   - To me, "done" refers to a task or feature, not to a product. A product
   is never done.
   - I also tend to use MVP much more in relation to specific features
   (splitting a feature into core functionality vs. bells and whistles), and I
   have used it less in a product context (which major features to include and
   which to leave out).
   - MVP is much more interesting to me than MCP, because MVP allows us to
   find out what our customers really want, instead of us guessing (and coming
   up with our MCP).
   - Ideally, MVP should provide "most" of the MCP value, while costing
   "substantially" less. Within a single feature, I suspect that often MVP
   provides 80% of the MCP value at 20% of the MCP cost. That's unlikely to be
   true at a product level, but even then, perhaps it is.
   - My guess would be that many BATMAN experiences happen when a team
   chooses an innovative path, and thus would be work done *instead of* MCP,
   rather than being done in addition to it.

Thanks for asking that question. Interesting stuff to ponder.

Kevin
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