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    The Agile Inception Deck

    Template
    <Your project name>

    <Your sponsors>
    Why are we here?
    • Important reason #1
    • Important reason #2
    • Important reason #3

    <#1 reason for doing this project>


    The elevator pitch
    • For [target customer]
    • who [statement of need or opportunity]
    • the [project name]
    • is a [product category]
    • that [key benefit, compelling reason to buy].
    • Unlike [primary competitive alternative]
    • our project [statement of primary
    differentiation].
    Product box

    <product name>

    fun picture

    <slogan>
    <benefit #1>
    <benefit #2>
    <benefit #3>
    The NOT list
    IN OUT

    UNRESOLVED
    Your project community

    <community#3>

    <team#2> Your core team

    <group#1>
    Everyone else !

    ... is always bigger than you think!


    Technical solution

    Technologies:
    - <language>
    Danger!
    - <libraries>
    - <tools>
    - <technology>
    Out of
    scope
    What keeps us up at night
    • <scary thing #1>
    • <scary thing #2>
    • <scary thing #3>
    The A-Team
    # Role Competencies/Expectations
    1 Analyst Comfortable with just-in-time analysis.
    Likes to test.
    Comfortable with rapid iterative development.
    2 Developers C#, MVC.NET, jQuery, SQL
    Unit testing, refactoring, TDD, continuous integration
    0.5 Project manager Responsible for outward facing communication
    Status reports, scope, budget, and reporting upwards
    How big is this thing?
    Ship it!
    Construction UAT Training
    ~3months 1 wk 1 wk

    This is a guess. Not a commitment.


    Trade-off sliders
    The classic four
    OFF ON Feature completeness (scope)
    OFF ON Stay within budget (budget)
    OFF ON Deliver project on time (time)
    OFF ON High quality, low defects (quality)

    Other important things


    OFF ON
    Ease of use
    OFF ON
    Don’t make me think!
    OFF ON Detailed audits (log everything)
    OFF ON <insert yours>
    The first release

    Ship it!
    Construction UAT Training
    ~3months 1 wk 1 wk

    3 people, 3 ½ months, $250K


    Learn more
    • http://agilewarrior.wordpress.com
    • Buy the book!

    • Twitter:
    – @jrasmusson

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