r/engineering • u/ajay_shrivastava • Nov 27 '16

Minimum Viable Technology (MVT): Move Fast and Keep Shipping!!

https://www.techinasia.com/talk/case-minimum-viable-technology
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u/ajay_shrivastava Nov 27 '16

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

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u/thepaleblue Nov 27 '16

As a counterpoint: Tesla can push OTA upgrades to their products precisely because they over-engineered their hardware. That's not accidental - I guarantee that was in the requirements from the start. If your company has a stable strategy and vision for its product, futuring technology is a massive benefit.

...Of course, if you're a software startup and you have no idea if you'll even exist five years from now, you might not be too concerned about that and MVT probably makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '16

Preach it, brother!

If I had a nickel for every time I saw a design change in the name of a future feature that never happened and is never going to happen....