The Ready-to-Code Checklist

If you can answer every question on this list clearly, convincingly and positively, then you are ready to code.

• Why you are doing this now?
• Who is this for?
• What value this will bring to our users?
• Do you have a list of representative users / stakeholders? Have you talked to them?
• What are the constraints on possible solutions?
• Have you talked to someone else about this?
• Do you have a list of the UI workflows for the feature?
• Do you have mockups for these workflows?
• How will you know when you're done?
• How will you know how well you did it?