| ??? 03/13/06 13:51 Read: times |
#112057 - more on the above, the beauty of the hoo Responding to: ???'s previous message |
So far I never managed to get more than about 10% of what is really needed before I presented version 0.1 to the client/boss/whoever. I guess if I'd be able to write down a specification and strictly obey it, anybody else could do my job as well.
no such intent. more on the above, the beauty of the hook: When working on the initial spec, I always "fantasize" what else the user may want. I do not code it, of course, but code the software to accomodate such, should it come up. Thease features I have named "hooks". As an example of a succesful "prediction" I coded a piece of industrial equipment to accomodate Multiple languages (an extra hour to use a pointer table, instead of direct pointers) although it only was supposed to "speak" English. When the customer "realized" he wanted Spanish as well, it was a nominal effort to include it. Had I coded with e.g. printf("string") the accomodation of the change would have been a nightmare. Erik |
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| How do you manage Documentation? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| As soon as you finish?? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| User Manual | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| it all is very simple | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| too late and totally wrong | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| you have an easy life won't you | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Of course, you only have enough informat | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| more on the above, the beauty of the hoo | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| in C? | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| please do not accuse me of unnatural act | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Design Info | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| viewpoint | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| General Principles | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| the clients... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Client Variety | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It's like I said last month ... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Great | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I, J OK | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Repetition | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| My old DOS based suite... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Two categories | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
MIL498 | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| write the documentation first | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Good points.. | 01/01/70 00:00 |