Purpose
Why are we doing this?
Owner
Who is responsible?
Customer
Who is going to adjudicate on the result?
Expected Result
What should we expect to see?
How does that serve our purpose?
Failure Modes
How do we know when we're never going to see what we expected?
How will we know if our approach was mistaken?
How will we know if it is sound idea but an error in execution?
Side Effects
What else can we expect to happen as a result?
Only if we succeed?
Only if we fail?
Either way?
Which are we merely anticipating?
Which do we have actual data to support?
Method
How will we accomplish this task?
What inputs will we need? (different from actual instances of inputs)
How do we know it will work? (i.e. do we have test data?)
Inputs
What items do we need in our inventory before we can begin?
Materials (physical and information resources, money etc.)
Tools (honest question: is software a material or a tool?)
Contexts/Environments (e.g. rooms, buildings, virtual spaces)
Services (e.g. internet connection)
People
Time Estimate
How long will this task take to accomplish?
Perhaps a better question: how long can we afford to explore this?
Have we done something like this before, do we have stats?
When finished, how long did it actually take?
Plotting on Calendar
Now, on what dates and times can everybody involved actually get together and make this happen?