Communication / Product Management / Requirements / Requirements Models / Software requirements specification / Use Cases

Communicating Intent With Implementers

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Giving a functional spec to developers and testers is not sufficient for creating great software. To a developer, a spec is only the what and not the why. And for a tester, the software requirements specification is neither. Use cases provide the why that explains the intent of the system for the implementation team.

Communication / Consulting / Project Management / Writing

Targeted Communication – Status Reporting

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We’ve posted tips about targeted communication – tailoring the message for the audience. Anthony Mersino has an excellent post from January of this year about how to write a good status report. He provides seven excellent guidelines for status reporting, and all of them around providing the message our audience cares about, as effectively as possible.