Project Lionheart: The Story So Far…

Next week you’ll go on site to gather requirements from the mayor and other stakeholders. We have a fixed final due date in about six months. We need to focus on value up front and deliver as fast as possible. It also sounds like the core functional requirements will be based on an existing process, so there is a low probability of requirements churn.

The solution seems like a classic data-driven web application with some search features. Based on the mayor’s description, security and privacy could be a key concern. We also know that the city’s IT department will take over the software system after us. That group may impose some unique constraints.

You send Mayor van Damme an agenda for the on-site visit. Our biggest risks right now can be addressed by digging for information, so for now you’ll focus on getting to know our stakeholders. We think we can get away with very little up-front design and want to concentrate on delivering value faster, even if that means rewriting parts of the application later. The team wants to start writing code immediately after a two-week design spike.