[betterth]

Wikipedia's article on mvp (I know, I know), includes this:

>The canonical MVP strategy for a web application is to create a mock website for the product and purchase online advertising to direct traffic to the site. The mock website may consist of a marketing landing page with a link for more information or purchase. The link is not connected to a purchasing system, instead clicks are recorded and measure customer interest.

from: [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product#Techniqu...)

That seems to directly contradict the implication of 'mvp' that you're using, which is that it MUST be a viable product that customers can use.

EDIT: The best part of markdown is when it isn't supported, the code is very readable. I say leave it!

[noodle]

the wikipedia article seems to me to be referring to an MVP more as a process, and the smoke testing by creating mock websites as one part of that process.

i can agree with that, on some level, but i still feel that to have a complete MVP (process), you necessarily have to have a P at the end of it.