Re: Scoping a DocumentationProject??

[Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Bill Swallow: 

Can you provide specifics with regard to the resulting
scoping information you hope to obtain? 

Tony Markos:

What we are after in scoping: Definition of the extent
of the system.  Somewhere the system has to end - it
can not go on forever.  Research "Context Diagram" to
see what I mean.

Bill Swallow

What types of information [is one after in scoping]?

Tony Markos:

The boundaries of the system.

Bill Swallow:

What metrics do you hope to use? 

Tony Markos:

I am not aware of any applicable metrics.

Bill Swallow:

What are you using the scoping to determine?

Tony Markos:

The extent of the system - what it encompases and what
it does not.

Bill Swallow:

And, what kind of documentation project? 

Tony Markos:

Any software related documentation project in which
the scope needs to be determined, such as when the TW
is creating the software requirements specs or a
pre-devlopment test plan.

Bill Swallow:

For what purpose? 

Tony Markos:

Scope is a major input to estimating.  It also sets
the boundary to requirements specification.

Bill Swallow:

For what delivery mechanism? For what authoring
strategy?

Tony Markos:

Dont make a difference.

Bill Swallow:
 



		
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