Chapter 7. Illustrating using examples
Examples are a good way to avoid ambiguities and communicate with precision. We use examples in everyday conversation and in writing without even thinking about it—when I searched online for the phrase “for example,” Google returned more than 210 million pages that use this term.
With traditional specifications, examples appear and disappear several times in the software development process. Business analysts often get examples of existing orders, invoices, and reports from business users, which they translate into abstract requirements. Developers invent examples to explain edge cases and clarify them with business users or analysts and then translate the cases to code, without recording the examples. ...
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