Top 15 tools for building & managing an MVP - 2023

An MVP, or minimal viable product, is the earliest version of a product that is marketable and has the basic features required to satisfy early adopters, as well as validate assumptions about demand and usability that will shape the final product.

If you are looking for tips on how to start building your MVP, please consider reading my article 10 Tips for a Successful MVP.

Being in this industry for over 10 years, I strongly suggest that every 1st-time entrepreneur, that is looking to build a Software MVP, must use below mentioned tools to make his life easier.

I have tried to categorize the tools based on the SDLC (software development life cycle), which is the fundamental process to build any software including the MVP version.

Steps 1 & 2: Requirements Gathering and Analysis

• Typeform: https://www.typeform.com/ - Create beautiful and engaging surveys, forms, quizzes, and more.
• Read.ai: https://read.ai/ - Automated document analysis and summarization tool.
• Confluence: https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence - Collaboration software for teams to share knowledge and work together.
• Jira: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira - Project management software for agile teams.

Step 3: Design and Prototyping

• Figma: https://figma.com - A cloud-based design tool that allows you to collaborate with your team and create high-fidelity prototypes.

Step 4: Development

• GitHub: https://github.com/ - A web-based platform for version control and collaborative software development.
• SonarQube: https://www.sonarqube.org/ - An open-source platform for continuous inspection of code quality to detect bugs, vulnerabilities, and code smells.
• Prettier: https://prettier.io/ - A code formatter that ensures consistent code style and formatting for JavaScript, TypeScript, and other programming languages.
• Postman: https://www.postman.com/ - A collaboration platform for API development that simplifies building, testing, and documenting APIs.
• Sentry: https://sentry.io/ - An error monitoring platform that helps developers diagnose, fix, and optimize the performance of their software applications.

Step 5: Testing

• Selenium: https://www.selenium.dev/ - A web testing tool used to automate browser activities and test web applications.

Step 6: Deployment

• Docker: https://www.docker.com/ - A platform that allows developers to build, ship, and run applications in containers.
• AWS CodePipeline: https://aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/ - A fully managed continuous delivery service that helps automate the software release process.

Step 7: Monitoring & Maintenance

• AppDynamics: https://www.appdynamics.com/ - An application performance monitoring tool that helps developers identify and resolve issues in real-time.
• New Relic: https://newrelic.com/ - A performance monitoring platform that helps developers optimize their software stack and improve user experience.

The above tools are my recommendation based on the experience we have had at Creole Studios in helping our clients build their Product #MVP. Using these tools immensely helps when you are dealing with a development team, either onsite or offshore.

Please feel free to suggest more such tools which you feel should have been covered and which might have helped you in your MVP journey.

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