Green Field Project Checklist
A few days ago, a friend of mine contacted me about a new application he was thinking about and wanted to get together to discuss it. I said sure. Then I started thinking about what questions I needed to ask to be able to give good advice on how to build the application. The more I thought about it, I realized what I really needed was a checklist of areas to understand to be able to get a handle on the system he wanted me to build. This post is that set of checkboxes. From his description, I was able to get the domain the application would be in. Once I understood that I could dive into my items. User Directed 1. User Flow a. What feature/functionality is required 2. Paid or free application a. A paid version requires more work than a free version. 3. Support Platforms a. Web b. Desktop i. Windows ii. Mac iii. Linux c. Mobile d. Tables e. The decisions here will drive the technology and UI Framework 4. Customer Sign up a. How will a new customer sign ...