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Design It!
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Design It!

by Michael Keeling
October 2017
Beginner
360 pages
7h 58m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Activity 24Inception Deck

Answer ten important questions at the start of a new project to avoid common failures and align stakeholders. The inception deck most often takes the form of a slide deck or lightweight text document and is usually created early in a project’s life, during the inception phase. The version of the activity outlined here was described by Jonathan Rasmusson in The Agile Samurai: How Agile Masters Deliver Great Software [Ras10].

Benefits

  • Put important information in the open.

  • Share easily with all stakeholders.

  • Ensure all stakeholders have a common understanding of important system concerns.

  • Discuss important information that should be covered at the start of a new project.

Description

Filling in the inception deck can take ...

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