spike

Run a spike — a timeboxed, deliberately disposable experiment whose only job is to answer the unknowns in a task before anyone commits to a real implementation. Use whenever the user says "spike", "spike this", "let's spike it", "throwaway", "proof of concept", "POC", "quick and dirty", "just to see if it works", "prototype it", "tracer bullet", or "hack something together". Also use — even without those words —…