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For early-stage high-tech startups, Minimum Viable Products are the most important artifacts for both business development and product development. In an entrepreneurial journey with build–measure–learn loops, startups need to be certain about what they learn to be closer to a product–market fit. Grounded from insights of 40 active digital startups, we proposed the 6W3H framework that captures a comprehensive set of context factors for developing an MVP. The framework represents an effectual MVP development with the relationships among the existing competence (Who question), business ideas (Why question) and current customers (For Whom questions), MVP’s features (What to build question), Startup metrics (What to measure question), and the development processes and practices (How questions). We demonstrate how 6W3H framework can be used for visualizing startup development, supporting decision-making, and mitigating product risks. The benefits of using the framework are highlighted when MVPs associating with significant uncertainty and fast-changing requirements and team resources.
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Nguyen-Duc, A. (2020). An Analytical Framework for Planning Minimum Viable Products. In: Nguyen-Duc, A., Münch, J., Prikladnicki, R., Wang, X., Abrahamsson, P. (eds) Fundamentals of Software Startups. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35983-6_5
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