Planning Smarter: Creating Blueprint-Quality Software Specifications

Part 7: Design

1. Who designed the user interfaces to meet the business requirements?

   ____ Specialized application designer(s)

   ____ Mostly done as a part of the business analysis

   ____ Team members after analysis

   ____ Mostly done by the development lead and the development team

   Note: Specialized application designers are preferable. Otherwise, it is important to wait at least until the business analysis is complete. If the application is designed prior to a complete business analysis, then it is likely to be inconsistent and inefficient.

2. What effort was needed to revise designs generated as a part of the analysis process?

   ____ Very little effort

   ____ Some effort

   ____ Considerable effort

   Note: It is helpful to generate sketches during analysis, then to restructure ...