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This is the fifth and final article in a series of articles about Lean Inception. Be sure to check them all out. So, you’ve read up on Lean Inception, applied our Lessons Learned, and successfully created your first two iteration canvases. What’s next? Are you done with Lean Inception until the next project? We took […]
Define Your Jargon Industry-specific terminology can be easily misunderstood. When certain terms become jargon (i.e., special words or expressions that are used by a particular group) these terms may hold different meanings for different people. Without defining these terms up front, this can make communication difficult both internally and with clients. To further complicate things, […]
This article is the fourth in a series of articles about our experience with Lean Inception. Be sure to check out our other posts. You Will Revisit Earlier Work When you first look at Lean Inception with its breakdown of exercises and its week-long timeline, it looks straightforward—a simple process of stepping through one target […]
This article is the third in a series of articles about our experience with Lean Inception. Be sure to check out our other posts. Don’t Let MVP Get In the Way The conversation around scope is crucial to not only defining what the scope is, but also what the scope isn’t. Is it the final […]
This article is the second in a series of articles about our experience with Lean Inception. Be sure to check out our other posts. At Foci, when we completed our own Lean Inception process, we ended up with some solid artifacts and a good understanding of our Minimum Viable Product (MVP). We also learned a […]
In the fast-paced world of API-driven development, securing communication between services using authentication and authorization mechanisms such as JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) is crucial. Developers often employ mocking tools to emulate API responses and behaviours, streamlining the development and testing process. Many API testing and mocking tools excel at generating fake tokens for testing against […]