Hi Andy,

This happens all the time.  You get a highly detailed requirements document from the client.  They say "It's all there in the 273 pages.  Now, what's your ball-park estimate?"

In any case where the client provides a detailed requirement, or a non-detailed requirement, a wireframe is a perfect, simple, formal method whereby you can document your understanding of the requirement, ie where you get to communicate with the client and ensure you are both heading in the same direction.

In any case, as Steve so often says, the wireframe should take no more than a couple of hours.  Given that you are going to spend many hours staring at the supplied requirements document, you can surely spend another couple turning all of that verbage into something formal and compact.

To paraphrase a much-quoted truism: If you can't wireframe it, you can't build it.

So take the extra couple of hours.  It gives you a firm basis for mutual understanding, a consistent foundation for the ongoing development, and it's perfect for making a sensible estimation of timeframes and costs.

Best of luck,
LeeBB

----- Original Message -----

From: Andy
 
I've done a small FB3 app before and found wireframes useful.

I'm now faced with a project where a lot of the analysis has already
been done ... functional spec quite detailed, HTML pages largely
complete.

Question: Is there any benefit to me in using WireFrames now. ? And how
about Devnotes ?

Suspect wireframes will be useful in identifying holes in the spec (and
missing HTML) and providing skeleton switch statements. Don't want to
waste unecessary time though ... handcoded switch would be faster (I
think).

Suspect Devnotes not of much benefit.

Thoughts and observations much appreciated.

Cheers,    Andy.

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