Minimum Business Increment (MBI) vs Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Minimum Business Increment (MBI):

• The smallest, releasable chunk of value
• that makes sense from a business perspective Focused on the highest value, and quick
• realization of that value
• Targeted for a particular market segment
• Only artifact for which cost-of-delay makes sense

Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

• An investment in creating a new product or service
• Created to explore a hypothesis
• Often starts as a functional prototype where some functionality is simulated or performed manually
• Aim is to do just enough work to get something in front of potential customers to learn what they really want

Minimum Releasable Feature (MRF)

• The smallest feature that fits into an MBI or MVP
• A fully functional, single feature or function that provides real value to customers
• Could potentially be deployed on its own
• Sometimes called a Minimum Marketable Feature (MMF)

Minimum Marketable Release (MMR)

• A batch of one or more MBIs
• Sometimes called a Minimum Marketable Product (MMP)