I played a lot of Dungeons and Dragons when I was in high school. It was a lot of fun. I wanted to DM. I always struggled with some elements of it. I bought a BUNCH of DM books. I had practically every 2nd edition book. Read them all. I…
I find that tools exist to simplify something. Either to make it easier in some fashion, or speed it up. Electronic Story Trackers make it easier to do a number of things, including modify when not physically present. Refactoring tools let us do what we know we want to do…
I don't like the "Langauge", but I understand it's a term we still use to refer to our different representations. As we progress in our design and implementation, we need many different representations to help us understand the system, and varying levels. Sequence, Use Case, Timing, Object, State.…
I think recording our assumptions is hard. If it's an assumption, how do we know we're making it? I assume stuff all the time without consciously doing it. I'm not sure we can effectively record our assumptions. Often we'll make assumptions around values that are going to be static. Or…
OK... I doubt this means the cynefin framework type of Complex. That's what I use though. If it's a complex problem it's one that must use an emergent approach. We can not define the solution up front. Is there a solution - yes. That's what puts it into the Complex…
Honestly not sure what this means. OK - My take on it: Hire a REALLY GOOD UX TEAM! If it's a big product, it's gonna be a big guide. Even with a really good UX. A good UX will reduce the need for referencing the manual... That's my take. OK…
Interstingly, I just went through this. We had to replace an collection of bought solutions that were duct-taped together. I was part of the team proposing that we build it. Competing with some vendors of SaaS tools and a couple outside consulting teams that would go from either a full…
Yep. Change happens. We NEVER know everything up front. Even if we THINK we do - Things change over time. The priorities change over time. UX Changes over time. Everything is open for change. Trying to pretend otherwise is to reject the reality of the world. We have to prepare…