Digital products ·
MVP and SaaS answer different questions
An MVP tests a product assumption; SaaS describes how software is delivered and operated. Learn how the ideas overlap, what a first version must prove and how to brief the work.
Digital product development
Essays on the boundary between a prototype, an MVP and a finished digital product.
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- Digital products · 39
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Product development
Digital products ·
No-code saves code, but it does not remove product design
What no-code development means, where it works for websites and internal tools, and how to assess limits in data, integrations, ownership and growth.
Digital products ·
A design system begins with a repeated decision
How to create a design system for a website or digital product: audit the interface, define rules, build components and connect design with code.
Digital products ·
A website explains. A web service takes on the work
When a business needs a web service rather than a conventional website: recurring actions, roles, data, integrations, the first release and ownership cost.
Digital products ·
Test a prototype with questions that are still inexpensive to answer
How to test a website or app prototype: define the risk, choose participants, write tasks, observe behaviour, group findings and decide what to change.
Digital products ·
A customer journey map reveals the work between screens
How to create a customer journey map for a website or digital product: goals, stages, actions, channels, obstacles and product decisions.
Digital products ·
A client portal belongs where the customer returns
When a business needs a client portal, what the first version should include and how to design access, data and support.
Digital products ·
Architecture begins when a prototype has to keep living
How a web application connects its interface, server, data and integrations, and which architectural decisions matter before a prototype grows.
Digital products ·
A ready-made service accelerates the start. A custom tool preserves the difference
How to choose between SaaS, a configured platform and custom development by comparing the process, data, integrations, cost of change and validation path.
Digital products ·
A prototype can promise. A product must answer
A prototype, an MVP and a finished digital product serve different purposes. This is where a convincing demonstration becomes a system people can trust.