Chapter 4

Inception

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 Purpose of Inception
Establish a common vision and basic scope of
the project
Creation of a business case
Creation of a development environment

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 Questions
Is it feasible?
Buy or build?
Rough range of cost

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 What it isnt
Defining precise requirements
Getting good estimates

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 In one sentence
Envision the project scope, vision, and
business case
Do the stakeholders have basic agreement on
the project and is it worth further
investigation?

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 How long does it take?
Can be as short as a day or two, as long as a
few weeks

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 What gets defined?
Business case
Some of the use cases
Other (usually non-functional) requirements
Key domain terminology
List of risks (business, resource, technical,
schedule) and risk management plan
Prototypes
Iteration plan
Phase plan
Development case
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 You didnt get it when
It takes more than a few weeks
You attempt to define most of the
requirements
Estimates are expected to be reliable
You define the architecture
There is no business case or vision
All of the use cases were written
No use cases were written
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