A startup has a backlog of 30 features requested by differen…
A startup has a backlog of 30 features requested by different customers. The team decides not to build the most popular request. Instead, it identifies the riskiest assumption in the business model and builds the smallest test to examine that assumption. Which principle does this best reflect?
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MedQueue AI is a startup developing an AI scheduling assistant for small medical clinics. The founders believe clinics will adopt it because missed appointments and scheduling delays create financial losses. The team wants to build a fully automated AI system integrated with electronic health records, insurance verification, text reminders, and predictive no-show scoring. However, integration would take nine months and require expensive compliance work.Instead, the team runs a Wizard of Oz test with three clinics. Clinic staff forward scheduling requests to MedQueue AI, but behind the scenes, humans manually triage requests, suggest appointment times, and send reminders. After four weeks, two clinics continue using the service, one clinic stops because staff distrust the manual handoff, and clinic managers say they would only pay if the system reduces staff time without creating compliance risk. The team has not yet tested willingness to pay formally.Which critique of the Lean Startup approach is most directly illustrated?
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