Comments on: Refining Requirements http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements/ Casual Software Encounters Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-4478 Craig Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:48:19 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements#comment-4478 > Good post. I especially like your “5 important questions” Thanks. By the way, I just came up with those 5 off the top of my head... there's potentially more out there. I've responded to the rest of your comment with a <a href="http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_problems_and_goals" rel="nofollow">new post</a>. Enjoy! > Good post. I especially like your “5 important questions”

Thanks. By the way, I just came up with those 5 off the top of my head… there’s potentially more out there.

I’ve responded to the rest of your comment with a new post. Enjoy!

]]> By: Bruce http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-4466 Bruce Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:51:12 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements#comment-4466 Craig, Good post. I especially like your "5 important questions" However I think you also have misinterpreted the user's statement of the requirement. Ted's discarded first sentence IS a problem statement, but only for the second sentence (password confirmation field). I don't think the last sentence is a goal for the two requirements, in fact it has got nothing to do with problem statement. Interpreting it as the goal causes your question 5 to yield a negative answer. The last sentence is (I think) a statement of a second problem, which leads to the second (but already stated) requirement. I would interpret the paragraph (briefly) as Problem 1: Users mistype their password when defining it, and so can't subsequently log in. Requirement 1: password confirmation field Problem 2: Accounts are insecure. Requirement 2a: Passwords at least 8 characters long. Requirement 2b: Passwords no more than 12 characters long. This gets rid of any expression of a goal, however the goal should generally be to solve the problem, so maybe item 5 in the list should just be "Do the requirements really address the problem?" Craig,

Good post. I especially like your “5 important questions”

However I think you also have misinterpreted the user’s statement of the requirement.

Ted’s discarded first sentence IS a problem statement, but only for the second sentence (password confirmation field).

I don’t think the last sentence is a goal for the two requirements, in fact it has got nothing to do with problem statement. Interpreting it as the goal causes your question 5 to yield a negative answer.

The last sentence is (I think) a statement of a second problem, which leads to the second (but already stated) requirement. I would interpret the paragraph (briefly) as

Problem 1: Users mistype their password when defining it, and so can’t subsequently log in.
Requirement 1: password confirmation field

Problem 2: Accounts are insecure.
Requirement 2a: Passwords at least 8 characters long.
Requirement 2b: Passwords no more than 12 characters long.

This gets rid of any expression of a goal, however the goal should generally be to solve the problem, so maybe item 5 in the list should just be “Do the requirements really address the problem?”

]]> By: Craig http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-4454 Craig Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:38:11 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements#comment-4454 Heh... I so do not have time to record & edit voice (I actually have about half of the equipment now; I bought an Olympus handheld voice recorder, and I'd probably be willing to invest in a decent mike for it). OTOH, I'm always game for more blog-and-forth. Heh… I so do not have time to record & edit voice (I actually have about half of the equipment now; I bought an Olympus handheld voice recorder, and I’d probably be willing to invest in a decent mike for it).

OTOH, I’m always game for more blog-and-forth.

]]> By: Ted http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-4452 Ted Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:34:15 +0000 http://www.craigslinkedlist.com/posts/refining_requirements#comment-4452 We need to do a podcast. We can give Drunk and Retired a run for their money. You buy all the equipment and do all the editing, I'll just talk ;-) We need to do a podcast. We can give Drunk and Retired a run for their money. You buy all the equipment and do all the editing, I’ll just talk ;-)

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