From MVP to Solution

Lessons learned

Too many times working in R&D

I got over-excited and turned an MVP into an actual fully working solution

However, what’s the intent of an MVP?

I thought the goal was to showcase what technology can do for them, right?

I went over with impressive edge cases and every time we had a live presentation, I could only think of all the ways it could go wrong

One time, that became reality.

Unfortunately, the system wasn't confident enough with the user input and decided to go with an edge case.

All those good intentions ended up working against the main goal.

Long after that experience, while reading Inspired, I finally understood

Most often than not, you are in the product discovery phase

According to Marty, the goal of an MVP is Product-Market Fit 🌈 🙌

Who is the customer?

Would customers need it so much that they would be willing to pay for it?

Are there any implementation uncertainties?

shall we keep it generic or focus on specific industries?

In this instance, we used state-of-the-art technology to capture leads

Customers are here and they want to go there, this is how they could transition

what about you, what are you optimizing for?