A project I'm working on is in a difficult position. In order to complete an important feature, we need to communicate with another system. The communication channels we need to talk to that other system are not ready yet because the proper documents haven't yet been written and approved. We do, however, have to test the feature. While we're waiting for the proper communications channels to be created, we've setup a work-around to allow us to test. We're using shared file directories to send information back and forth. It's not something we'll ever put into production, but it allows us to perform end-to-end testing to make sure both systems work together. It's better to get some sort of communication going and allow us to test early than to wait for the proper channels to be created later. Sometimes temporary work-arounds allow you to proceed when you can't get access to the proper solution.
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