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# MVP Development

Build the smallest usable product that tests a real customer workflow, with enough operational support to learn from its first release.

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First release **Request an appointment**

Choose a specialist

Request a slot

Receive confirmation

Later decisions ~Subscriptions~~Loyalty programme~~Marketplace payouts~

Observe the completed journey

## Tools & technologies

-   Fit-for-purpose web or mobile stack
-   Backend
-   Analytics
-   Deployment pipeline

## Test a booking concept

Capability Example

A founder wants to learn whether customers will request a specialist appointment.

### Bound

### Build

### Learn

Illustrative data. Nothing is sent to an external system.

Example workspace 1 / 3

### First-release boundary

-   Audience: specialist appointments
-   Journey: discovery to request
-   Subscriptions deferred

Limit the release to discovery, request and operator confirmation.

### Working slice

-   Customer requests a slot
-   Operator confirms appointment
-   Simple operations queue available

Implement the customer journey and a simple operations queue.

### Learning record

-   Completed requests tracked
-   Abandoned steps identified
-   Next scope informed by interviews

Track completed requests and interview users about abandoned steps.

A usable booking experiment with evidence for deciding what to build next.

Follow the record through the next step

## Build the smallest useful product journey.

### First product release

Turn a validated problem into an end-to-end experience people can use.

### Manual-to-product transition

Replace a proven manual service with a focused software workflow.

### New product line

Test a bounded capability before extending an established platform.

## A release you can learn from and extend.

-   **Prioritized release scope**
-   **Working product and source**

-   **Analytics and acceptance checks**
-   **Handover and next-release backlog**

## Make the first release boundary visible.

### Learning objective

Agree the question the release must answer and which features do not help answer it.

### Delivery shape

Integrations and product complexity determine milestones; a fixed sprint is a separate engagement.

## Questions before we start.

### Is an MVP a disposable prototype?

Not necessarily. We distinguish exploratory prototypes from a usable release and decide which foundations need to survive future work.

### How does this differ from the MVP Build Sprint?

This service covers discovery-to-release MVP delivery with scope-driven milestones. The sprint is a bounded engagement for work that fits its agreed capacity.

[MVP Studio & CTO Office](https://daphnislabs.com/services/mvp-studio-cto-office) [Discovery Sprint](https://daphnislabs.com/services/discovery-sprint) [MVP Build Sprint](https://daphnislabs.com/services/mvp-build-sprint) [Software Architecture Services](https://daphnislabs.com/services/software-architecture)

## Bring your starting point.

Bring the user problem, any validation evidence and the one journey the first release must complete.

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