Re: A little respect for "unvalidated"

Subject: Re: A little respect for "unvalidated"
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:36:13 -0700

"If your device works perfectly, but your customers can't use it
correctly ...": in other words, you tested the device to validate its
usability and it failed, right?

Why not just use the standard English "not validated" or "not yet validated"?

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> wrote:
> In our world, "validate" means "confirm by examination and provision of
> objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific
> intended use can be consistently fulfilled."
>
> There are variations of this, such as: "ensure that the product is
> capable of meeting the requirements for the specified application or
> intended use."
>
> There are more specific definitions for validating processes and
> validating device design, but the general idea of "intended use" is
> retained: Prove that you get what you expect to get.
>
> If your device works perfectly, but your customers can't use it
> correctly, then it cannot be validated. ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Free Software Documentation Project Web Cast: Covers developing Table of
Contents, Context IDs, and Index, as well as Doc-To-Help
2009 tips, tricks, and best practices.
http://www.doctohelp.com/SuperPages/Webcasts/

Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual
authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write
once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info.

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat


Follow-Ups:

References:
A little respect for "unvalidated": From: Dan Goldstein
RE: A little respect for "unvalidated": From: Combs, Richard
RE: A little respect for "unvalidated": From: Handy, David
RE: A little respect for "unvalidated": From: Dan Goldstein

Previous by Author: Re: A little respect for "unvalidated"
Next by Author: Re: A little respect for "unvalidated"
Previous by Thread: RE: A little respect for "unvalidated"
Next by Thread: RE: A little respect for "unvalidated"


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads