An approach to both the design and delivery of services and products that emphasizes the customer experience. Similar to a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), a Minimum Viable Experience (MVE) is focused on delivering to customers, in the sense that an MVE offers a functional journey that provides them with an outcome. With an MVP, the focus is often on machine outcomes, while MVE focuses on human outcomes. An MVE is a significant consideration among developers who practice CI/CD, to ensure that products and services work on first delivery and continue to work each time new code or capabilities are deployed.

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Continuous Delivery

CI – Continuous Integration

Continuous Deployment

 

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Authored by Karl Smith

Edited by Philip Rogers
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I'm a Lean-Agile Coach with a passion for Community Building and just celebrated our 5-year Meetup anniversary with over 2,000 members. With over 20+ years of experience in all different levels from the mailroom to the boardroom. My main focus the past few years has been helping organizations embrace Agility through Lean Portfolio Management, Program Management, launching Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and helping to create Lean Agile Centers of Excellence. Bringing people together is one of my passions and I host a large and successful Meetup which has celebrated our 5 year anniversary and love seeing all the smiles and happy faces. I was also the co-chair for A20dmv.org celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto in the DC Metro area. Growing and coaching new leaders is important to me and when I heard Gapbuster.org needed hosting a new website, I pulled some friends together and we delivered. I'm blessed, not only by an amazing agile community but also by my loving family. My wife Nataliya is an avid gardener and speaks 3 languages fluently. I love my children (Tatiana and Max) more than anything in this world but realize nothing loves me more than my eldest dog Sigyn. Now I'm becoming a part-time soccer coach for Max so he's able to continue playing with his amazing friends.