A simple approach for defining your product roadmap and validating your solution.
Request a MeetingA central tenet of lean methodology, MVP development follows a build-measure-learn process. The goal is to provide an immediate benefit while minimizing development costs and using data to add user value over time. The lean startup MVP method helps you to release a product that can be continually improved as you validate (or invalidate) assumptions, learn what users actually want, and build future iterations of your app that better serve your customers.
An MVP is a process that you repeat over and over again.
Identify your riskiest assumption, find the smallest possible experiment to test that assumption, and use the results of the experiment to course correct. Validate the results with your target customers.
Eric Ries, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
Define and determine the long-term goal of the product or service.
What problem are we trying to solve and how will this address our customer’s pain points?
How do we measure success? Identify criteria that will indicate whether or not the product is successful.
Map out the user journey.
Create a “pain and gain” map for each action.
Summarize the pains and gains into opportunity statements and define product value proposition.
Use opportunity statements to finalize features.
Provide breakdown of features to include in the product roadmap.
Use prioritization matrix to prioritize features.