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The Agile Inception Deck

Template

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<Your project name>

<Your client business>

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Why are we here?

  • Important reason #1
  • Important reason #2
  • Important reason #3

<#1 reason for doing this project>

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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].

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Product box

<product name>

fun picture

<slogan>

<benefit #1>

<benefit #2>

<benefit #3>

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The NOT list

IN

OUT

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UNRESOLVED

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Your project community

Your core team

<group#1>

<team#2>

<community#3>

Everyone else !

... is always bigger than you think!

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Technical solution

Danger!

Out of scope

Technologies:

  • <language>
  • <libraries>
  • <tools>
  • <technology>

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What keeps us up at night

  • <scary thing #1>
  • <scary thing #2>
  • <scary thing #3>

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Trade-off sliders

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The classic four

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Feature completeness (scope)

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Stay within budget (budget)

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Deliver project on time (time)

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High quality, low defects (quality)

ON

OFF

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Other important things

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Ease of use

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Don’t make me think!

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Detailed audits (log everything)

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<insert yours>

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

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The Minimum Viable Product