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

Subject: Re: I've been wrong all along...more pictures less words
From: John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>, Daniel Ng <kjng -at- gprotechnologies -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:22:02 -0700 (PDT)

> Yourdon and Associates states that ninty-eight percent (98%)
> of the required work in any software project is coming up with
> comprehensive, integrated documentation of the As-Is model.
> That includes the work of generating the specs. While I'll give
> development, testing, etc, etc, a little more credit, Yourdon is
> focused on the real issue.

>After you have comprehensive, integrated documentation of the
> As-Is, coming up with the specification for the "To-Be" is comparatively
> easy stuff that can be deligated to junior people.

How can you propose that they right way is to develop a system with nothing in writing, then once you have "something", you create the specifications on what it should be.

You have GOT to have the attribute wrong or the context wrong. Please send me the atribute so I can see what they're REALLY saying.

John Posada
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