atw: Re: .... ality words and the compulsory mission statement [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
- From: Nick Shears <nshears@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:49:35 -0700
Thanks Peter. "Non Functional Specification" certainly brightened my morning!
Edit: When I clicked Send, Outlook's spellchecker stumbled over "Non
Functional" but came up with "No Spelling Suggestions". :-)
Nick
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Long weekend work chasing a deadline. It's not Friday.
One thing kept me close to sanity.... kept having to refer to one of those
documents with a title that mostly amuses, sometimes irritates: a Non
Functional Specification document.
Now let me make it plain: I hate the word "functionality" and work furiously
to have it replaced wherever possible with something like er, "function",
"functions", or even the classic "what it does"...
But after a long weekend looking at software that doesn't quite work yet,
(testing phase) ya gotta love the idea of specifications that don't work,
either -- the non-functional ones.
Was this a conscious attempt at humour ? Somehow I doubt it. And that
makes me question very seriously the thinking ability of those who dream up
some of these terms and embody them in a would-be methodology. Am I alone ?
Love the idea that there are government departments all around working on the
basis of Non Functional Specifications. It explains a lot.
It's a bit like the discovery that if you want to use the "Donate" button for a
PayPal account, one of their "Third Reich" requirements is that you provide
them with a copy of your company's mission/vision statement !
Wow! Winner of the "Worked for Enron" award . ...
Like I said.... long weekend work.. Some little things keep up sane.
Peter M
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