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

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

This sounds like the same sort of circular speak I encounter
from people fresh out of the Information Mapping course...
or a weekend with Werner Erhard.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "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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