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The 4-Week Project Checklist

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A friend of mine recently asked me this question:

 
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My immediate reaction was: "How do I respond? People have literally
written books about this." I asked him to clarify with a few more
details so I could direct my response accordingly.

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This is a lot clearer and more actionable. Rather than adding to the
noise and writing a whole book about it, as a Tim Feris fan, I
figured I'd create The 4-Week Project Checklist:

  * Length: The architecture doc we'll prepare should be 1-3 pages
    and no more.

  * Purpose: Write 1-2 sentences describing the purpose of the
    project.

  * Goals: Make a list of 5 bullet points or less listing out the
    goals and/or deliverables.

  * Non-goals: Make a list of 3 bullet points or less explicitly
    listing out the non-goals and/or deliverables.

  * Block diagram: Create a block diagram showing the different
    architectural components involved.

  * Sequence diagram: Create a sequence diagram showing the
    end-to-end flow of the data/user/application/etc.

  * APIs: List out any interfaces that are used or to be developed,
    with explicit documenting of key parameters involved.

  * Supporting text: Add supporting text in paragraph form only if it
    cannot be described in the diagrams above.

  * References: Include 1-3 external references where the reader can
    learn more. Do not make this a link dump.

Thank you @P1erreM for continuing to ask hard questions and providing
feedback on this list.

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