atw: .... ality words and the compulsory mission statement [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
- From: Peter.Martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:45:17 +1100
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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