The Prototype Maturity Model
Moving Fast, Taking Shortcuts Not all ideas are good ideas. In fact, the majority of your ideas will not be good. When it comes to building software, it doesn't make much sense to build out a prototype of a new idea with all the best practices a full fledged software product requires. This is why we rapidly prototype software for a new feature, or product. We want to validate the idea as quickly as possible. This is the whole philosophy behind the minimal viable product or MVP that start ups are always talking about. But MVP doesn't just apply to startups. There are ideas that can be prototyped in the biggest companies that could save the company employees hundreds of hours of time, or millions of dollars. So, you decide your idea might have some merit. You meet with the team, and list out the core, minimal features. Everyone is on board, and your team has the green light to build a prototype. Now, the hard decision...