
What Is an MVP, and How Small Should Your First Version Be?
MVP has been stretched to mean anything. What it originally meant, why smaller is genuinely better, and how to decide what makes the first release.
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8 articles on web application.

MVP has been stretched to mean anything. What it originally meant, why smaller is genuinely better, and how to decide what makes the first release.

Twelve questions that surface how a software firm actually works — on ownership, testing, handover, and what happens when things go wrong.

Realistic timelines by project size, what runs in parallel and what cannot, and the four things that add months without adding features.

Everyone budgets for customer-facing software. The tools your own staff use every day are usually cheaper to build and pay back faster.

Spreadsheets scale further than people expect, then fail suddenly. Nine signs you have crossed the line, and what to do about it.

A framework for the build-or-subscribe decision, including the three situations where building is almost always wrong.

Honest ranges by project size, the five factors that move the number most, and the recurring costs that belong in the budget from day one.

A website tells people things. A web application lets them do things. The difference decides how it is built, what it costs, and who has to maintain it.