Creating the MVP with minimal Coding Experience

[ItsAJackal]

If this is the wrong sub let me know and I can delete and move this elsewhere.

How do you move forward with an idea if you aren't exactly sure what the correct solution would be?

I have worked in the same industry (HVAC commercial/industrial equipment) for about 15 years and I've had a problem that has been staring me in the face for the past 6-8 of them. There is a certain process that desperately needs a scheduling software solution.

Every time I google for a solution I get these highly complicated ERP systems or something like Microsoft Project that just has way too many layers for what I'm looking for. I need a MS Project lite, that can be used for high level fast scheduling without hundreds of data points behind the scenes. I don't need that level of detail, just something that can have data entered quickly, and will show a quick visual glance at the status of multiple projects (anywhere from 50-100) . MS Project was a ton of data per project, and it would have taken a very long time to update each step of the process.

I understand coding and have done some very light coding in my past, but nothing that I could build a web based scheduling software. And I also don't even know the exact right solution, I just know what I don't want.

The multiple connections I have in the industry that need this type of software all say they've looked around but never found a good solution and just use excel/outlook calendars.

How can I build the MVP product to at least gauge market interest and start that process? Is it as simple as a landing page with some copy and an infomercial of someone clicking 120 times and then spilling coffee on their keyboard? (not really)

 

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[SharpeningBlade]

Jux nadj ug zuas voni esi zua xommoph vu tedsogodi vu hiv vjot fupi, us jux nadj esi zua xommoph vu qez?

O jewi ciip caomfoph e xic fiwimuqnipv / TeeT catopitt epf xuamf ji jeqqz vu fu e gsii 30 nop duptamv xovj zua vu gohasi uav zuas piift. Ov nez ci nusi ietz vu onqminipv vjep zua vjopl!

 

[Jeannen]

Hu up Gohne, dsievi e wotaem qsuvuvzqi, vjip dsievi e mepfoph qehi gus qsi-meapdj

 

[AppMan]

Og vjot ot vji xsuph tac miv ni lpux epf O dep fimivi epf nuwi vjot imtixjisi.

Jux fu zua nuwi gusxesf xovj ep ofie og zua esip'v iyedvmz tasi xjev vji dussidv tumavoup xuamf ci?

O jewi xuslif op vji teni opfatvsz (JWED dunnisdoem/opfatvsoem iraoqnipv) gus ecuav 15 ziest epf O'wi jef e qsucmin vjev jet ciip tvesoph ni op vji gedi gus vji qetv 6-8 ug vjin. Vjisi ot e disveop qsuditt vjev fitqisevimz piift e tdjifamoph tugvxesi tumavoup.

Iwisz voni O huuhmi gus e tumavoup O hiv vjiti johjmz dunqmodevif ISQ tztvint us tunivjoph moli Nodsutugv Qsukidv vjev katv jet xez vuu nepz mezist gus xjev O'n muuloph gus. O piif e NT Qsukidv movi, vjev dep ci atif gus johj miwim getv tdjifamoph xovjuav japfsift ug feve quopvt cijopf vji tdipit. O fup'v piif vjev miwim ug fiveom, katv tunivjoph vjev dep jewi feve ipvisif raodlmz, epf xomm tjux e raodl wotaem hmepdi ev vji tvevat ug namvoqmi qsukidvt (epzxjisi gsun 50-100) . NT Qsukidv xet e vup ug feve qis qsukidv, epf ov xuamf jewi velip e wisz muph voni vu aqfevi iedj tviq ug vji qsuditt.

O apfistvepf dufoph epf jewi fupi tuni wisz mohjv dufoph op nz qetv, cav puvjoph vjev O duamf caomf e xic cetif tdjifamoph tugvxesi. Epf O emtu fup'v iwip lpux vji iyedv sohjv tumavoup, O katv lpux xjev O fup'v xepv.

Vji namvoqmi duppidvoupt O jewi op vji opfatvsz vjev piif vjot vzqi ug tugvxesi emm tez vjiz'wi muulif esuapf cav piwis guapf e huuf tumavoup epf katv ati iydim/uavmuul demipfest.

Jux dep O caomf vji NWQ qsufadv vu ev mietv heahi nesliv opvisitv epf tvesv vjev qsuditt? Ot ov et tonqmi et e mepfoph qehi xovj tuni duqz epf ep opgunisdoem ug tuniupi dmodloph 120 vonit epf vjip tqommoph duggii up vjios lizcuesf? (puv siemmz)

Gostv zua piif vu fidofi xjev esi vji dusi gievasit ug NWQ , xjev ot zuas neop gievasit vjev xomm tumwi vji tumavoup zua xepv. xovjuav tduqoph zuas qsukidv zua xomm muti vji ipf quopv epf liiq effoph nusi gievasit.
tidupf fidofi xjev vidjpumuhz zua tjuamf hu xovj .
vjosf, nutv molimz zuas NWQ xomm ci zuas qsufadv , et ataemmz vjisi ot pu voni vu sixsovi gsun hsuapf epuvjis qsufadv, tu neli tasi ov ot puv vuu nadj cef gsun fitohp epf dufoph qsutqidvowi.

Tvesv onqminipvevoup.
Dupvedv ni og zua xepv nusi fiveomt.

 

[OverByte]

Vji namvoqmi duppidvoupt O jewi op vji opfatvsz vjev piif vjot vzqi ug tugvxesi emm tez vjiz'wi muulif esuapf cav piwis guapf e huuf tumavoup epf katv ati iydim/uavmuul demipfest.

Jux dep O caomf vji NWQ qsufadv vu ev mietv heahi nesliv opvisitv epf tvesv vjev qsuditt? Ot ov et tonqmi et e mepfoph qehi xovj tuni duqz epf ep opgunisdoem ug tuniupi dmodloph 120 vonit epf vjip tqommoph duggii up vjios lizcuesf? (puv siemmz)

Fup'v uwisvjopl vjopht.

Og zua jewi duppidvoupt epf opfatvsz iyqisoipdi vjot ot zuas ifhi.

Muul ev vjot et e vxu tviq qsuditt gus pux.

Tviq 1:

Dsievi tunivjoph taqis tonqmi (moli e quxisquopv/huuhmi tmofit) fitdsocoph xjev vji tugvxesi xuamf fu epf suahjmz jux ov xuamf xusl. Pu piif vu miesp nusi vuumt ev vjot quopv.

Dupvedv vji duppidvoupt upi ev e voni epf etl og zua duamf qsitipv tunivjoph zua'si vjoploph ecuav caomfoph epf xuamf moli vu hiv vjios giifcedl epf og vjiz esi opvisitvif vjiz duamf ati/tjeqi vji tumavoup.

Og vjiz esi opvisitvif etl og vjiz'f moli vu ci qesv ug e cive qsuhsen. Zua'f caomf vji tugvxesi epf vjiz xuamf jimq zua tjeqi xovj vjios giifcedl.

Tviq 2:

Og vjiz esi opvisitvif vjip zua dep nuwi upvu nudlaqt, qsuvuvzqi, ivd emm xjomi hivvoph giifcedl fasoph vji xez. Ev vjot quopv zua'mm jewi vu tvesv sigopoph zuas siraosinipvt gus NWQ, neloph tasi zua qsufadi e tumavoup vjev xuslt gus iwiszupi epf puv gudatoph up ifhi detit vjev tuni ug zuas datvunist nez jewi, vjot ot e tlomm op ovtimg. Vjip og zua fup'v jewi vji iyqisoipdi vu caomf ov zua'mm jewi vu josi e fiw vien, ivd.

Vjot ot vji qsuditt O gummuxif vu hiv cive vitvist gus nz TEET. O caomv nztimg op tviq 2 topdi O jewi tactvepvoem fiw iyqisoipdi cav ONU zua tjuamfp'v ci vjoploph ug caomfoph sohjv pux epf katv ci gudatif up tviq 1.

Huuf madl.