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Rapid Prototyping & MVP Development Flashcards

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  1. What distinguishes a 'Concierge MVP' from a 'Wizard of Oz MVP'?

    Answer: In a Concierge MVP customers know humans are doing the work; in Wizard of Oz they believe it is automated

    In a Concierge MVP, the manual process is transparent to customers, while in a Wizard of Oz MVP, customers believe the service is automated.

  2. Which principle guides decisions about what to EXCLUDE from an MVP?

    Answer: Keep only the features that directly test the core value hypothesis

    An MVP should contain the minimum set of features needed to test the primary assumption about customer value, excluding everything else.

  3. Rapid prototyping is BEST described as an iterative process because:

    Answer: Feedback from each prototype cycle informs and refines the next version

    Each round of prototyping and testing generates insights that are incorporated into the next iteration, continuously improving the solution.

  4. When running a five-day Design Sprint, which day is dedicated to user testing?

    Answer: Day 5

    In Jake Knapp's Design Sprint framework, Day 5 is Testing day, where a realistic prototype is shown to five target customers.

  5. What does 'technical debt' accumulate during rapid MVP development refer to?

    Answer: Shortcuts and suboptimal code choices made to ship quickly that must be addressed later

    Technical debt is the implied cost of future rework resulting from choosing a fast but imperfect solution over a cleaner, longer-term approach.

  6. Which activity best exemplifies 'guerrilla user research' in rapid prototyping?

    Answer: Approaching strangers in a coffee shop to test a paper prototype for 10 minutes

    Guerrilla research involves quick, informal testing with available participants in public settings to gain fast, low-cost user feedback.

  7. An innovation team discovers during MVP testing that customers love an unexpected secondary feature more than the core one. The recommended next step is:

    Answer: Consider a pivot that repositions the unexpected feature as the core value proposition

    This classic pivot scenario (e.g., YouTube's pivot from dating to video sharing) means the data is revealing a stronger market opportunity worth pursuing.