Workshop and MVP phase
We will deliver a successful software project together if we approach objectives in smart iterations.
It’s critical to start with a minimum viable product (“MVP”), purely focused on the essential business value we want to achieve. No discussion of architecture, corner cases, organizational matters, or any other exciting aspect to – sorry – waste time with. Business value comes first; we need to find out if we can get there and what we need.
Like researchers in a lab, we will focus on the mission to unlock business value. Our SMART FACTORY! even provides the perfect environment for workshops, on-site and remote, with all the gadgets and amenities a cross-functional, cross-company team could think of.
Like prototypes, MVPs visualize and test ideas and already deliver real value. They present the most minor, initial reasonable iteration of a production-grade product for which business users and customers can provide feedback. MVPs are products with limitations regarding capabilities, robustness, and the team size behind them.
Already in the MVP phase, a team or squad will typically include these roles:
- A senior business (process) consultant
- A technical evangelist with deep technology expertise
- A solution architect
- A full stack team of software engineers (architecture, development, testing, UI/UX) or data engineers (data science, data engineering)
The MVP squad will apply an agile method, either our CID-proprietary approach, which combines agile with strategic milestone planning, or aligned with customer-preferred standards such as SAFe or Scrum.
The squad will present sprint results and the actual MVP, enable proper documentation and budget reviews, and allow the decision on whether and how to build out the product.
The team that builds the MVP will assume the longer-term responsibility and invite and coach more colleagues to eventually deliver the desired software products, emerging in smart iterations.
