The article "A Spare Start" (
http://www.sdmagazine.com/documents/s=9832/sdm0508g/0508g.html ) describes
how to perform just enough initial modeling at the beginning of a project
to get your team off on the right foot. You initial stack of user
stories, features, ... needs to come from somewhere, you likely want to do
a little bit of architectural modeling to identify a technical strategy,
and you likely need enough information to provide an initial estimate and
schedule to your stakeholders. With an Agile Model Driven Development
(AMDD) approach you can achieve these goals with the pain of writing
useless documentation.

Hope you enjoy the article.

- Scott

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Scott W. Ambler
Senior Consultant
www.ambysoft.com/scottAmbler.html

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