Your SaaS MVP Pre-Development Build Checklist

Before you get started, you should have most or all of the following items completed. This list does NOT include any of the marketing tasks, just system build tasks. Marketing and traction is covered in the marketing, sales, and traction chapter.

TO DO
CHECK IF DONE
Done?
Project is validated and you are 100% sure people want to buy it so much they have already pre-purchased it
 
Have researched major groups of users, know what features they want, and have determined what value metric you’re using
 
Different plans and their costs figured out
 
Pricing page is planned out
 
Team is selected
 
Tech stack decided
 
Project management system is selected and team has been informed on how to use the tool.
 
Project plan written, approved, and accepted by all team members and stakeholders
 
Information architecture written
 
Your documentation system is planned and prepared
 
Admin panel data-management needs outlined and planned
 
Payment system chosen, accounts set up, and bank accounts connected
 
Unit testing system chosen and integration planned
 
User processes generally planned
 
System transactional emails planned and designed
 
User flows designed
 
Page designs and views created and agreed upon
 
Integrations with other systems generally planned out
 
Initial user tagging and triggers planned
 
3rd party systems to be built into your system considered and planned
 
Development environment is set up
 
Code repository system is selected and a repo is set up
 
Remote systems deployments prepared
 
Automations server for continuous integrations is selected and planned for deployment
 
Dependency and systems costs generally planned
 
3rd party systems costs planned
 
System build labor costs estimated
 
Operational labor costs estimated
 
Initial marketing & advertising costs determined
 
All initial costs have been funded and ongoing costs planned or funded
 
You’re feeling good about this?
 
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CHECK IF DONE	Done?
Project is validated and you are 100% sure people want to buy it so much they have already pre-purchased it
Have researched major groups of users, know what features they want, and have determined what value metric you’re using
Different plans and their costs figured out
Pricing page is planned out
Team is selected
Tech stack decided
Project management system is selected and team has been informed on how to use the tool.
Project plan written, approved, and accepted by all team members and stakeholders
Information architecture written
Your documentation system is planned and prepared
Admin panel data-management needs outlined and planned
Payment system chosen, accounts set up, and bank accounts connected
Unit testing system chosen and integration planned
User processes generally planned
System transactional emails planned and designed
User flows designed
Page designs and views created and agreed upon
Integrations with other systems generally planned out
Initial user tagging and triggers planned
3rd party systems to be built into your system considered and planned
Development environment is set up
Code repository system is selected and a repo is set up
Remote systems deployments prepared
Automations server for continuous integrations is selected and planned for deployment
Dependency and systems costs generally planned
3rd party systems costs planned
System build labor costs estimated
Operational labor costs estimated
Initial marketing & advertising costs determined
All initial costs have been funded and ongoing costs planned or funded
You’re feeling good about this?

Your SaaS MVP Pre-Development Build Checklist

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