When this work becomes useful
- The roadmap is growing before anyone has used the core workflow.
- The product depends on one technical uncertainty nobody has tested.
- A founder needs working software without assembling a full delivery team.
Product delivery / 02
An MVP built to answer the expensive question.
A useful MVP is not a compressed version of every future feature. It is the smallest dependable product that can change what you know about the user, the workflow, or the business case.
Discuss the constraintWhat the first engagement produces
- A product brief naming the user, job, constraint, and learning goal.
- A testable prototype for the highest-risk assumption.
- A production first release with the essential workflow.
- Clear ownership, deployment, and next-stage recommendations.
03 / Operating loop
Progress stays inspectable.
- 01
Frame the decision the MVP must improve.
- 02
Cut scope that does not serve that decision.
- 03
Build and review working slices every week.
- 04
Use real feedback to determine the second release.