Mauricio Jancic <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:

> I find it VERY dificult to make a GOOD plane and overview of a
> project. I mean, I can outline the whole project, no problem with
> that, but I find it hard to make most customers (non
> technical-related-positions ones mostly) understand what is
> "EXACTLY what they need".

    When I was in that business, I discovered a simple way to get
    customers to write a good functional spec:  Just ask them to
    write the User's Manual for the product.

    Non-engineers seem to find it much easier to write logical,
    detailed descriptions of a product's features in THAT form than
    in the form of whatever they imagine a "Technical Specification"
    should be... And writing it as a User's Manual also practically
    forces them to specify ONLY the features, as opposed to the
    implementation of those features.

    And, of course, when the product is ready for release, its
    manual will already have been written -- "for free".

    -Andrew

=== Andrew Warren -- aiw@cypress.com
=== Principal Design Engineer
=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
===
=== Opinions expressed above do not
=== necessarily represent those of
=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

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