A Project Inception Deck for Research Coding

1. Why are we here?
2. Create an elevator pitch.
3. Design a product box.
4. Create a NOT list.
5. Meet your neighbors.
6. Show the solution.
7. Ask what keeps us up at night.
8. Size it up.
9. Be clear on what's going to give.
10. Show what it's going to take.

It's a good process, but some steps need to be translated to use it for research coding projects—for example, I think step #3 should be to design the project's first poster, and "see if someone has already built what you need" ought to be on the list as well. What would you change or replace, and why?