The 6-week MVP format is not about impressing in a demo or ticking a marketing box. Its goal is blunt: spare you six months and a big budget building a complete product that doesn't match what your users actually expect. In six weeks, we produce a deliberately reduced but usable first scope, deployed in production, which your early users can test in real conditions. The learnings from this phase directly feed the rest of the project: some planned features turn out useless, others emerge as critical, and priority order naturally redefines itself based on observed usage rather than assumptions. This format particularly suits startups, SaaS vendors and SMEs launching a new internal or external product.
Our process
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Week 1
Discovery and scoping
Business needs analysis, target user mapping, honest definition of minimum viable scope and identification of critical assumptions to validate first. This week has no code, it has thinking.
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Week 2
Design and architecture
Wireframes of key screens, functional mockups and validation of the main user journey. In parallel, we set the technical architecture, technology choices and initial deployment environment configuration.
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Weeks 3-4
Iterative development
Two weeks of focused development, with a weekly demo so you can validate as we go. Deviations from mockups are discussed early, and code is structured to evolve calmly after the MVP.
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Week 5
Testing and adjustments
User testing on the delivered scope, blocking bug fixes, ergonomics adjustments and a final performance pass. We also prepare production environments and the minimal documentation needed for launch.
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Week 6
Production launch and first review
Deployment, DNS configuration, go-live, quick training for internal users. We hold a first review with you to decide on next iterations, drawing on what we learned during the phase.
Why an MVP?
Project risk reduction
You validate business and technical assumptions before committing a big budget. Ideas that don't hold up to reality are identified early, those that work are consolidated in the rest of the project.
Fast time to market
You're in production with a real product in six weeks, so you start collecting feedback, learning and, in some cases, generating revenue while other projects are still in the RFP phase.
Controlled initial budget
Initial investment is bounded and predictable: you know what you pay, what you get in return, and you keep control over the decision to continue or not after the MVP, without forced commitment on the next phase.
Real user feedback
Subsequent decisions are made based on observed usage, not project team intuitions. It's the best protection against features designed to impress a committee but never used in the field.