I have a love-hate relationship with “the MVP car”, that classic illustration that shows us the RIGHT and WRONG way to build a product. To be fair, I don’t think its creator Henrik Kniberg would want it called “the MVP car” at all. According to his post the whole point of the illustration is to replace “MVP” with something more descriptive like “Earliest Testable/Usable/Lovable Product”. I wholeheartedly agree with the notion and short-cycle iteration beats long-cycle “Bing Bang Delivery” as Kniberg refers to it.

Kniberg notes that sharing the car like a meme erases his original context and all we see is the car. Despite taking the time to get the context and being a lover of iteration, I think I have built up petty grievances over the years with the MVP car. The next thousand or so words are about those disagreements.

First off, skateboards are rad. That should be a happy face.