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What is the difference between MVP, MMP & MMF ?

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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Through my ACP Journey, I learned that MVP (Minimal Viable Product), MMP (Minimal Marktable Product) & MMF (Minimal Marketable Feature) each serves a different purpose in agile projects.

What is your opinion and how does each provide business value ?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Rami -

I've found most new product owners don't understand what an MVP is and need a lot of coaching to define one. Eric Ries's definition of it being a method of maximizing learning for the least investment is a good one - it forces the PO to identify what question or hypothesis they are trying to answer or prove. A great example of an MVP was Zappos' initial experiment to validate their online shoe purchasing service...

An MMP is usually made up of a number of MMFs. One difference between an MMP and an MVP is that the latter might not be marketable but is a way to learn whether we are going down the right path or not.

Kiron
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Jul 11, 2018 2:18 PM
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I totally agree with you. MMP is marketable and could be sold and generate revenue while MVP is to gain feedback from end users and the market.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 11, 2018 2:05 PM
Replying to Kiron Bondale
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Rami -

I've found most new product owners don't understand what an MVP is and need a lot of coaching to define one. Eric Ries's definition of it being a method of maximizing learning for the least investment is a good one - it forces the PO to identify what question or hypothesis they are trying to answer or prove. A great example of an MVP was Zappos' initial experiment to validate their online shoe purchasing service...

An MMP is usually made up of a number of MMFs. One difference between an MMP and an MVP is that the latter might not be marketable but is a way to learn whether we are going down the right path or not.

Kiron
I totally agree with you. MMP is marketable and could be sold and generate revenue while MVP is to gain feedback from end users and the market.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I can think of an MVP that needs feedback from users and the market (hehe).

I come across the term MVP a lot more than MMP.
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Jul 11, 2018 5:45 PM
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Yes, but MMP functionality is not necessarily the same as that of MVP as the purpose for each is different.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 11, 2018 4:19 PM
Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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I can think of an MVP that needs feedback from users and the market (hehe).

I come across the term MVP a lot more than MMP.
Yes, but MMP functionality is not necessarily the same as that of MVP as the purpose for each is different.
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Jul 11, 2018 6:43 PM
Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD
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Agreed.
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Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jul 11, 2018 5:45 PM
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Yes, but MMP functionality is not necessarily the same as that of MVP as the purpose for each is different.
Agreed.
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RAJESH K L Project Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Agree with Kiron
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Tamer Zeyad Sadiq Assistant Cost Manager| Turner & Townsend Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
Good knowledge!!!
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Girija Ramakrishnan Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
I got valuable info about MVP, MMP & MMF from you all - Kiron, Rami & Sante.

I have been reading a lot of Agile frameworks talk about MVP very frequently & MMP is very rarely discussed about..
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Jul 12, 2018 3:38 AM
Rami Kaibni
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Glad you found it useful.
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Jul 12, 2018 2:45 AM
Replying to Girija Ramakrishnan
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I got valuable info about MVP, MMP & MMF from you all - Kiron, Rami & Sante.

I have been reading a lot of Agile frameworks talk about MVP very frequently & MMP is very rarely discussed about..
Glad you found it useful.
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Alok Priyadarshi Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Interesting discussion and great insights.
Thank to all of you
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Jul 19, 2019 3:40 PM
Rami Kaibni
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Glad you find it useful.
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