Concept Fields

1. Description

• What it’s for: A description of the concept, hypothesis, or prototype — what is being explored and the current state of thinking.

• What to include:

  • What the idea or hypothesis is.
  • What question it is trying to answer or what problem it is investigating.
  • The current state of the investigation: what has been tried, what has been learned, and what the next step is.
  • Update this field as the concept evolves — it is the primary record of the exploration.

• Example: "Investigating whether the Supplier API can be used to retrieve real-time stock levels, removing the need for a nightly batch import. Initial spike showed the API supports the required query but has a rate limit of 100 requests per minute, which may be insufficient for peak load. Next step: load test against rate limit with realistic transaction volumes."

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