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Merging Functional and Technical specifications

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Hi All,

In my project, management is planning to merge both Functional and Technical specifications; I mean both in one document. So first functional guy will write the functional related information and once it is approved by the user then Technical guy will use his area

I don't know exactly what the thought process behind this but can you guys through some light on Pros and Cons of this kind of design.

Thanks in advance

Cheers!!

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Former Member
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awesome.............great..

ohhhh....

ThomasZloch
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Let me guess, you are ready to transport to QA, and now they handed you a revised functional specification, right?

Thomas

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Functional and technical jobs are overlapping a little bit. One canu2019t do a good job without a minimum knowledge of the other side. Not a bad idea if they consolidate these 2 into 1.What they need is a Business Analyst.

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Looks like this is a think GREEN and cost cutting initiative!

ThomasZloch
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Moved to general discussions forum.

Whether two sections within one document or two different documents, I don't see the big difference.

Actually, while the techie is already hacking away on his area, the document is locked, so the funkee cannot silently make additional amendments to his part, so thumbs up from me

Thomas

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Actually, while the techie is already hacking away on his area, the document is locked...

... or the functional person makes his or her own copy of the combined document, updates it and the two documents are not combined.

Some control needed here.

Rob

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Seems like some real life experience, Rob !

Cheers,

Olivier

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Burbank's first law:

Anything that is not excluded is required.

(Actually, I don't think I'm the first to come up with it, but I don't know who was.)

Rob

Lukas_Weigelt
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Burbank's first law:

Anything that is not excluded is required.

So true... so nerve-wracking -_- ...

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It actually is a law of quantum mechanics - from Wikipedia:

Gell-Mann's Totalitarian Principle states: "Everything not forbidden is compulsory."

Rob