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
 
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Sunk Costs

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