The MVP is dead. Long live the RAT.
Why you should focus on Riskiest Assumption Tests and forget about MVPs.
Sep 27, 2016
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5 min read
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Product Management
Product Discovery
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Risk Management
Takeaways
- A Riskiest Assumption Test is explicit. There is no need to build more than what’s required to test your largest unknown. No expectation of perfect code or design. No danger it will prematurely become a product. An MVP seduces with false reassurances of a clear, linear path to an optimized solution. A Riskiest Assumption Test puts the focus on learning.
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is wrongly perceived as a product. However, It’s a way of testing whether you’ve found a problem worth solving to reduce risk and quickly test your biggest assumption. The caveat is that the MVP is used so much it’s lost its original meaning and ends up much more complex than the quick test it was supposed to be for a released product.
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