William Pietri wrote:
> As you can see, there isn't much written on a card; generally it's just a
> 3-6 word title like "Member Logs In". The conversation is kept where most
> people keep their conversations: in their heads. Occasionally we jot
> notes, like the names of fields involved, or a note about something
> explicitly excluded from the esitmate.
>
> The disadvantage is that you sometimes need to explain something more than
> once. There are several advantages. One is that discussion is much easier
> than writing. Another is that there's less speculative transfer of
> information; instead of writing docs that may never be used, you just
> answer the questions that are asked. A third is that it's much less likely
> you'll be working with stale information.
It strikes me that there are other disadvantages. People misremember, often
without realizing it. Some people do much better with visual input than aural
input.
And while I'm not sure that writing is any more difficult than discussion, the
effort does have the advantage of encouraging the writer to think a bit more
about what's being expressed. People can't listen to themselves while they
talk, but they can read what they've written; they may not be terribly good at
proofreading their own writing, but it's still more than they can do with their
own extemporaneous speech.
This doesn't mean that everything needs to be written and saved forever, just
that the balance between discussion and writing isn't black and white.
Gary
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