Project Prep Questions

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Project Prep Questions

GOALS

Product Goals:

• What is the pain point the team is trying to solve?
• How big is the problem? How big is the market?

Team Goals:

• What does the team (each person & overall) want to learn during the project?
• What does the team want to demonstrate at the end?
• How does the team want to learn to work?

Anti-Goals:

• What are you trying explicitly not to accomplish?

OVERVIEW

Current state of project:

• Starting from scratch?
• Any stories/ requirements?
• UX or UI ready?
• What's the state of the code, if any?
• Tests to prepare?
• Any technical choices already made?
• Where does the project need to be deployed?
• What is out of scope?

USERS & WORKFLOWS

Users:

• Who are the different users of the product?
• Who are the fans?
• Who are the haters?
• Who are the pheripheral influencers?

User flows:

• What functions does each user need to perform?
• Are there differences in entry/exit points to the flow based on user?

KNOWN INTEGRATIONS

Integrations for product success:

• internal/external APIs or frameworks?

RISKS

Business Risks:

• Is there a market?
• Is Disruption possible?
• Who is your Competition?

Technical Risks:

• Integrations?
• Unknown technologies/libraries to learn?

Schedule Risks:

• Is there a pre-minimum viable product (MVP)?
• Is there any other deadline except the end of the project?

Process Risks:

• Are there personnel or processes in place which need to be understood to ensure successful delivery?