Evidence strength
Relevant metrics: Acquisition, Activation, Customer feedback, Use case discovery, Cost
Validates: Feasibility, Viability, Desirability
How: A Minimum Marketable Product (MMP) is a functional version of your product, but with features stripped down to the bare minimum in order to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least amount of effort.
Why: Reduce time-to-market by building the absolute minimum product you can get away with launching. This approach is often less expensive than going to market with a final and full product experience, which might fail. An MMP is often informed by one or more Minimum Viable Products (MVPs). While appropriate for finally launching, you should have validated your product before launching.
This experiment is part of the Validation Patterns printed card deck
A collection of 60 product experiments that will validate your idea in a matter of days, not months. They are regularly used by product builders at companies like Google, Facebook, Dropbox, and Amazon.
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After the experiment
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