Comments on: Behave# http://elegantcode.com/2007/07/28/behave/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=behave Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Starr http://elegantcode.com/2007/07/28/behave/comment-page-1/#comment-6215 David Starr Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:18:16 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/?p=621#comment-6215 In my experience, technical design has little impact on the ability of a product owner to express desirements. I do hope that my product owners are able to express their desirements before sitting down with me. My mom is a reasonable product owner, I may be making a recipe box program for her or something. Is it reasonable to ask my mom to sit and look at code? Not in a million years. Can I teach her how to write a user story in a pre-formatted spreadsheet? Well... ok, I bet she could do that one. Maybe. In my experience, technical design has little impact on the ability of a product owner to express desirements. I do hope that my product owners are able to express their desirements before sitting down with me.

My mom is a reasonable product owner, I may be making a recipe box program for her or something. Is it reasonable to ask my mom to sit and look at code? Not in a million years. Can I teach her how to write a user story in a pre-formatted spreadsheet? Well… ok, I bet she could do that one. Maybe.

]]> By: Jimmy Bogard http://elegantcode.com/2007/07/28/behave/comment-page-1/#comment-6163 Jimmy Bogard Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:18:27 +0000 http://elegantcode.com/?p=621#comment-6163 Well, I don't know about angels singing, but we'll try to get there :). I really like your codegen idea. On the other hand, if you can sit down and write Behave# tests with your business owner, and they can still read and understand the test, that's when I think you've succeeded in your design. Well, I don’t know about angels singing, but we’ll try to get there :) . I really like your codegen idea. On the other hand, if you can sit down and write Behave# tests with your business owner, and they can still read and understand the test, that’s when I think you’ve succeeded in your design.

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