90Ideas & planningEssential

Milestone

An important point in a project, usually marking whether a stage goal is complete.

For example

Our first milestone is finishing the MVP; the second is the beta launch.

Resources

Copy prompt

Break this project into milestones with a clear done-criteria for each.

Related terms

What you want to build, and which problem it solves.

For example

An app that helps people discover the story behind English words.

Minimum viable product

Build the smallest version that actually works, to test the idea.

For example

Version one only does: a few words plus their etymology.

Product requirements document

Write down what the product does, who it is for and why, as a whole.

For example

This is the complete product spec sheet.