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Subject:Re: No Time to Read From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>, "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>, Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net> Date:Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:01:32 -0700 (PDT)
> In TWing, my focus on the big picture has enabled
> me to come into deeply trouble large-scale projects,
> thrown away requirements specifications that consisted
> of tons-and-tons of tiny little text, and then created data
> flow diagrams with a little supporting text that saved the day.
Maybe if they'd done the specs the right way, the project wouldn't be in trouble in the first place.
But you've still glossed over my request...where did Yourdan say what you claim they did?
John Posada
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