A minimum viable product (MVP) is a usable sample program with limited but sufficient functionality to verify a product idea. It creates something real early, supports fast feedback, and provides a foundation for continued development rather than serving as a disposable prototype. section 3.1.1 section 3.4
A practical MVP:
- Passes through enough application components to demonstrate that the subsystems can work together. section 3.1.1
- Uses limited functionality to verify the product idea without implementing every requirement. section 3.1.1
- Keeps architecture, component design, and interfaces in view because later development builds on the initial code. section 3.1.1 section 3.4
- Works with integration tests to establish a fast feedback loop and verify behavior in a real environment. section 3.4
Spaceship control simulator
Andromeda Control Software begins as a draft spaceship-control application paired with a simulator. Engineers can use the limited system to test spaceship systems and explore reliability before launch, while hard real-time behavior and minimal latency remain outside the MVP’s scope. section 3.0 section 3.1.1
Figure 3.1 MVP-based workflow
Follow the MVP-based workflow from an early usable implementation toward continued architectural and subsystem development. section 3.1.1
