The aim of the team liftoff is to launch our team on its mission as quickly as possible. To do this, we first need to have context; we need to understand our product and its purpose and how it fits in with the company's goal.
Knowing this background helps us better understand the business problem we're trying to solve. It means we will be much more able to make better design and implementation decisions. For example, is this a standalone solution, or does it fit into a wider ecosystem?
The second part of the liftoff is deciding how best to solve this problem together. This gives our team an operating manual/system, which includes our team's technical process (definition of done) and social contract (working agreement). Both of these ...
