Some teams call the investigation into a hard problem a Spike. Great analogy with the monkey and pedestal. Time boxing and defining a Spike is important. Thanks Mike!
Good call! I've had dev teams I work with do spikes in the past. The way we used them while also having 0 business analysts often ended up being a hybrid of what that role would do along with solution design.
Some teams call the investigation into a hard problem a Spike. Great analogy with the monkey and pedestal. Time boxing and defining a Spike is important. Thanks Mike!
Good call! I've had dev teams I work with do spikes in the past. The way we used them while also having 0 business analysts often ended up being a hybrid of what that role would do along with solution design.