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Re: I've been wrong all along...more pictures less words
Subject:Re: I've been wrong all along...more pictures less words From:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:01:59 -0700 (PDT)
Fred Ridder asks:
And how does one go about understanding and documenting the "As-Is"
for something that is being developed from the ground up, which is the
situation many of us work in? The only "as-is" are the requirements docs
(market oriented) and the specification docs (engineering oriented).
Richard Lewis Responsds:
The As-Is situation does not have to include an existing software system. A business where everything is currently being done with pencil and paper has an As-Is situation. It is just that computers are not used as a mechanism to accomplish As-Is tasks.
If you already have requirements specs, then, if they are not retarded then you do not need to recreate them. If the requirements specs are retarded (a very likely possiblity), then, you will have to interview people go gather the info to recreate them.
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