Checklist
MVP Scoping Checklist
A checklist for scoping an MVP that actually validates your core hypothesis, without turning into a full product by accident.
- Have you written down the specific hypothesis this MVP needs to validate?
- Does every planned feature directly serve that hypothesis?
- Have you cut anything that's "important" but doesn't test the core assumption?
- Are the parts of the experience that are hard to fake or shortcut included (not mocked away)?
- Is the architecture built to extend, even though the feature set is deliberately narrow?
- Do you have a plan for how you'll measure whether the hypothesis was validated?
- Have you resisted adding "just one more feature" before launch?
If most of these are unclear, that's a sign Discovery needs more time before development starts — not a reason to skip the checklist.