Hi Mark, I have found that functional specs always seem to change after they are written (while development is in progress), simply because the client that speaks to the analyst cannot fully grasp the full concept of what he needs. I believe if wire-framing comes after business requirements the client will be able to see how things will work, what is missing and what might become obsolete. It will simply become all clearer to the client now that he has something to look at, instead of imagining all of it.
I myself favour wire-framing instead of functional design doco's, but whether to drop the functional doco's or to do them after wire-framing is still something I am debating on. It would be nice to speak to someone who actually tried any of these approaches and can give me some insight of the pro's and cons etc. Main reason for these questions is because I just started a 3 week contract with Suncorp last week, I had two deadlines to work with and no doco's what so ever. After writing the business requirements I skipped the functional design doco's due to the time constraint. I found that this approach worked really well (almost perfect had I had more time to do the wire framing and actually had everyone involved to sign it off before commencing development ;-( Taco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stanton Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2003 6:59 PM To: CFAussie Mailing List Subject: [cfaussie] RE: [OT] SDLC Hey Taco I can't see the huge distinction between Functional Design and Wire-framing. I would see Wire-framing as part of the functional design? Anyway some good reading at: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000036.html Cheers Mark ______________ Mark Stanton Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 http://www.gruden.com --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
