An MVP is an ugly lean-to (not even shack - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean-to), it is 100% functional. Building it means getting airdropped into a completely unknown forest with an axe and nothing else (in this analogy the unknown is your market, and only an axe because you have no programmer resources except what you can wield by hand for a few hours), a few pieces of tarp, and 8 hours until freezing night temperatures set in. And maybe wolves.
It's not a minimum viable house, minimum lovable house, or whatever else. It literally is the absolute smallest thing that can POSSIBLY meet purely physical requirements such as protection from wind or holding some warmth so that you can, ahem, not die, and which you have any hope of building with no resources, and from nothing, using nothing. This is why it is absolutely crucial to know how long it takes to build, and why people focus on it.
In the market, it is the absolute smallest thing that anybody can use to achieve anything.
It doesn't matter what this designer thinks of MVP's, because when a designer starts getting involved, you are way outside of MVP territory. This author is an interior decorator criticizing a survival guide.
To the author: I don't know if you program, but if you want to experience the meaning of MVP, try coding something up enough for anyone to achieve anything using it. I guarantee you will not miss the time you spent not getting the design (aesthetics, love, etc) right.
On the other hand, you will die in the cold if you have nothing but a beautiful photoshop mockup to look at. That is the meaning of MVP.
It's not a minimum viable house, minimum lovable house, or whatever else. It literally is the absolute smallest thing that can POSSIBLY meet purely physical requirements such as protection from wind or holding some warmth so that you can, ahem, not die, and which you have any hope of building with no resources, and from nothing, using nothing. This is why it is absolutely crucial to know how long it takes to build, and why people focus on it.
In the market, it is the absolute smallest thing that anybody can use to achieve anything.
It doesn't matter what this designer thinks of MVP's, because when a designer starts getting involved, you are way outside of MVP territory. This author is an interior decorator criticizing a survival guide.
To the author: I don't know if you program, but if you want to experience the meaning of MVP, try coding something up enough for anyone to achieve anything using it. I guarantee you will not miss the time you spent not getting the design (aesthetics, love, etc) right.
On the other hand, you will die in the cold if you have nothing but a beautiful photoshop mockup to look at. That is the meaning of MVP.