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Subject:RE: Just can't help myself From:Amanda_Abelove -at- toyota -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:25:49 -0700
> > My point is... they didn't NEED a manual until there was a PRODUCT
> > to be delivered. And if the PRODUCT isn't WORKING who cares about
> > the manual?
>
> QA needed the manual to know how to run and test the application
QA would have been just fine with a good set of use case docs, traceable
business and system requirements, and a well-written detailed design doc.
> > Oh please. Who hasn't written it that way?
>
> Let's take a vote. I think you may find the numbers not as large as
> you think.
Alright, how many people on this list couldn't figure out how to write it
that way?
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