Re: I've been wrong all along...more pictures less words

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Ya screwed it up. I gave you an out, but no...you have to insist that it's OK to document the system being developed once it's in operation than to have the specs first.


>I am referring to the software under development - which may 
> include automation of previously manual procedure.  If we had 
> a monkey calculating sales tax using banana peels, and we are 
> now developing a software program to automatically calculate 
> the sales tax, the monkey,  banana peels, and the monkey's thought 
> process in using the banana peels would be the As-Is for the 
> application being developed.

However, do you agree that there has to be some specs in place before you start creating the actual banana peel calculator? 
 
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