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Expectations, Estimates and other Malarkey

July 3, 2015 by Christopher Bird

I often take experiences from daily life and attempt to draw parallels between what happens in daily life and what happens when thinking about systems. This one is no exception. This is about remodeling. I am again the customer, the contracting firm is…

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Victim of a professional with attitude – a requirements story

June 12, 2014 by Christopher Bird

Again, a post that isn’t so much about architecture – more about miscommunication, but this time with me as the ‘user’. It illustrates how the poor ‘users’ feel when we behave like Scott.First the back story. In our kitchen we have french doors leading…

Categories arrogance, requirements, specification

Victim of a professional with attitude – a requirements story

June 12, 2014 by Christopher Bird

Again, a post that isn’t so much about architecture – more about miscommunication, but this time with me as the ‘user’. It illustrates how the poor ‘users’ feel when we behave like Scott.First the back story. In our kitchen we have french doors leading…

Categories #eavoices, arrogance, requirements, specification Tags #eavoices

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