Create spike solutions to
figure out answers to tough technical or design problems. A spike solution is a very simple program to explore
potential solutions. Build a system which only addresses the problem under examination and ignore all other concerns.
Most spikes are not good enough to keep, so expect to throw it away. The goal is reducing the risk of a technical
problem or increase the reliability of a user story's estimate. When a technical difficulty
threatens to hold up the system's development put a pair of developers on the problem for a week or two and reduce
the potential risk.
Create spike solutions to
figure out answers to tough technical or design problems. A spike solution is a very simple program to explore
potential solutions. Build a system which only addresses the problem under examination and ignore all other concerns.
Most spikes are not good enough to keep, so expect to throw it away. The goal is reducing the risk of a technical
problem or increase the reliability of a 
