Minimum Awesome Product An Article by Carlos Beneyto theuxblog.com Show image 0 Show image 1 Users are accustomed to a minimum of quality, and they expect that of all new products. If our product does not [meet basic expectations of quality], people will automatically believe that it is a bad product and they will not take it seriously. It is not what they expect. Hence my suggestion that the MVP has died and the MAP: Minimum Awesome Product was born. Understanding the Kano ModelDon't Serve Burnt PizzaWhat happens to user experience in a minimum viable product? qualityuxfeaturessoftware
Design with courage Make a bold decision (that is controversial). Make a mistake (as a result of a bold decision). Challenge “conventional wisdom”. Challenge authority (that preaches conventional wisdom). Challenge hierarchy (that perpetuates conventional wisdom). Ignore the committee (and the need to converge). Decide who your clients are (and aren’t). Ignore clients that aren’t (especially those who pay the most). Cultivate clients if none exists (instead of compromising your design). Be a generalist (and ignore your job title). Be a specialist (who specializes in being a generalist). Design things from scratch (and build them yourself from scratch). Design things that no one wants (yet). Design freely (and think freely). Chuánqí Sun, The vanishing designer The boldest decisions design