[thelist] Writing a functional spec

Martin martin at members.evolt.org
Mon Apr 30 16:40:43 CDT 2001


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Martin wrote on 30/4/01 10:38 pm

>A useful methodology (particularly where your developers are
>using OOP) is UML.
>
>Info here:
>http://www.platinum.com/corp/uml/uml.htm
>
>Essentially, you need to document all the use cases - each function -
>with 
>*) Who's involved (people and systems)
>*) Inputs
>*) Outputs
>*) The process steps in between (process flows are useful)


Oh yeah, and remember that you're documenting *business*
processes... what do the *users* of the system want to achieve
(nb this isn't just site users - it's your sponsors too!)

Cheers
Martin

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