Invariant 3: Don't Build Without a Plan
If you’ve spent your career working in startups, this invariant may seem sacrilegious. If you’ve spent your career working in mid-to-large sized companies, this Invariant may strike you as the most necessary.
If you’ve spent your career working in startups, this invariant may seem sacrilegious. If you’ve spent your career working in mid-to-large sized companies, this Invariant may strike you as the most necessary.
The Discovery phase is the busiest of the five phases. It’s hyper collaborative, and super dangerous, because it’s the easiest phase to get lost for long periods of time. Finding out exactly what to do is hard, and it does involve all of those people listed above and more.
An Invariant is a motto,a guiding light that–no matter where you’ve found yourself in the agile to waterfall spectrum, and no matter the rituals your product team follows–will help you ship quality software consistently.
