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Get the Spec Right
Bald Bloke Started conversation May 15, 2001
I think the most important rule is missing.
Get the specification sorted before starting.
Make sure your very clear about what the code has to do, which things are nice extras but not essential.
and most important get it written down and signed off by the client and the users.
Get the Spec Right
The Collector Posted May 15, 2001
Let's start right at the beginning. Get the user requirements right. Probably the hardest part, as the last thing the users want to do is think about what they really want. If you can't get the users to define what they want, you haven't a hope in hell of providing an acceptable solution.
Get the Spec Right
Administrator-General (5+0+9)*3+0 Posted May 16, 2001
But if you have a spec that the users have signed off on, then the users can change their mind all they want, and it just makes more business for you and all your cow-owkers.
(signed) Administrator-General 42, who's on Version 6 of his current project.
Get the Spec Right
Administrator-General (5+0+9)*3+0 Posted May 16, 2001
But if you have a spec that the users have signed off on, then the users can change their mind all they want, and it just makes more business for you and all your cow-owkers.
(signed) Administrator-General 42, who's on Version 6 of his current project.
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