Re: [ros-kernel] FURPS

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At 08.35 20/07/2002, Jarmo Muukka wrote:
>I thought that it would be cool idea to have a web page where users would 
>have a possibility to see and add requirements.

mmmh. I'm not sure. Some good old usability tests would be better. You can 
look at what the users expect the software to do, which is important. 
Nobody should ever be forced to face a bug report or feature request form

>These could be possible to see/add per module. It should be controlled 
>someway.

can you say "moderation"? last time I saw WinE's list of supported 
applications, it was a chaotic mess: automatization is cool and stuff, but 
moderation is sometimes necessary. Better yet: find some volunteers ("on 
your marks...") for a help desk ("RUN!!!"), that will be the only people to 
have direct contact with the users, and shield them from the beautiful hell 
of mailing lists, bug report forms, and all those things that nobody in 
their right mind would like to be subject to

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>I hope that you got the point. When you read this you might not like 
>something, or think that it's too complicated, or there is something 
>missing, or req is not needed, or it can be implemented later, etc.

I suggest you (all of you) to have a look at Joel Spolsky's weblog:

<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/>

He speaks of software management mainly, but also of user interfaces. He 
has a lot of common sense and humor. A good read. Too bad he doesn't update 
very often

>I feel that adding detailed requirements before we write a line of code 
>will pay it back.

definitely agree

>By the way, the reqs are so general that there are no UI specific things.

This doesn't mean that the UI doesn't require a spec on its own, of course

>Was this interesting or not?

if not else, at least someone has had the guts to bring this out