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# MVP & validation

Choose the smallest product that can answer a meaningful business question. Explore first-release boundaries, validation, prioritization and what needs to work beyond the demo.

Choose the smallest product that can answer a meaningful business question. Explore first-release boundaries, validation, prioritization and what needs to work beyond the demo.

## All topics

- [Planning a product](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/planning.md)
- [MVP & validation](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/mvp.md)
- [Building SaaS](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/saas.md)
- [Applied AI](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/ai.md)
- [Connected systems](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/integrations.md)
- [Workflow automation](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/automation.md)
- [Web & experience](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/web.md)
- [Quality & reliability](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/design.md)
- [Software modernisation](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/rescue.md)
- [Choosing a partner](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/topic/partnership.md)

## Journal

- [Which features belong in a first MVP?](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/choosing-mvp-features.md) — An MVP needs one complete path to a useful outcome and a way to learn whether it matters.
- [The dependencies that shape an MVP timeline](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/mvp-timeline-dependencies.md) — A delivery date depends on decisions and access as well as development effort.
- [Prototype, proof of concept or MVP: choose the evidence you need](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/prototype-poc-or-mvp.md) — These deliverables answer different questions. A prototype explores whether people understand an interaction.
- [Writing product requirements without a technical background](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/product-requirements-for-founders.md) — Describe observable behaviour before choosing a technology. A useful requirement identifies the person, their starting situation, the action and the result they can verify.
- [No-code, low-code or custom development for a first product?](https://orvunlabs.com/en/journal/no-code-low-code-or-custom.md) — Choose the approach against the hardest required workflow and the people who will maintain it.

## Let's make something useful.

A first product, a difficult workflow or software that needs a fresh start. Tell us where you are.

- [Tell us about your project](https://orvunlabs.com/en/contact)

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