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Build and Test checklist

The Build and Test phase ends with a Checkpoint meeting to confirm your team is ready to launch the MVP (and move on to the Learn and Improve phase).

By the end of this phase, you should have answers to these questions

  • Does the MVP service meet the basic needs of your users?

  • Does it work correctly in the production environment at scale and including all integrations?

  • If needed, are the right policies or processes in place to support the MVP when it launches?

  • Has the team successfully completed all the pre-launch activities?

Completing this phase

1. Schedule a Checkpoint meeting at the end of this phase.

  • Note: The expectation is that you will launch the MVP after the Checkpoint meeting. Be sure you’ve completed all the the pre-launch activities before then.

2. At the Checkpoint meeting, be prepared with the following:

  • A fully-functioning MVP service that meets your users’ basic needs

  • A list of major bugs and usability issues that have been identified and fixed

  • The metrics you’ll use to measure the success of your MVP

  • Documentation of the user research and testing you did in the Build and Test phase

  • A proposed plan for how you’ll improve the service after you launch it — how you’ll monitor, evaluate, user research/test, and build from your backlog

  • A prioritized backlog of features you plan to build after MVP launch in order to improve the service


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