Minimal Viable or Marketable Feature, Product or Release
Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read
MVP, MMF, MMP, MMR. What do these all stand for?
- MVP — minimal (or minimum) Viable Product;
- MMF — minimal Marketable Feature;
- MMP — minimal Marketable Product;
- MMR — minimal Marketable Release.
Let's consider them in detail in two incremental steps.
- MVP — is often a prototype aimed at getting a validated learning about a subset of users;
- MMF — is a minimal set of functions that brings value to the users. Usually as MMP/MMR;
- MMP = MMR1 — is a minimal set of key features that constitute a valuable product for the initial users;
- MMR — all consecutive minimal releases that bring new value to the users.

MVP
- is a version of a new product that is
- created with the least effort possible
- provided to a subset of potential customers
- to use for validated learning about them.
- Much closer to prototypes than to the real running version of the product.
Eric Ries writes:
We must learn what customers really want, not what they say they want, not what we think they should want. We must discover whether we are on a path that will lead to growing a sustainable business.
And also in Validated learning about customers:
Validation comes in the form of data that demonstrates, that the key risks in the business have been addressed by the current product.
So, we get a validated learning by:
- running experiments,
- testing a new idea,
- collecting data about it,
- learning from it,
- exploring a hypothesis about what customers really want
- to find the features that they are actually interested in.
MMF
- is the smallest piece of functionality that
- can be delivered,
- has value to both the organization and the users.
- A part of an MMR or MMP.
MMP
- The first release of a MMR that is
- aimed at early adopters,
- focused on the key features that will delight this core group.
MMR
- A release of a product that
- has the smallest possible feature set — the smallest increment that
- offers new value to users and addresses their current needs.

