Re: Re: XP Requirement Analysis?

From: Universe (no email)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:09:32 -0400

AndyW <foo_@bar_no_email.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 16:27:03 -0500, Robert C. Martin
> <unclebob@objectmentor.com> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 18:12:50 +1200, AndyW <foo_@bar_no_email.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Its probably because you are not doing requirements analysis. An old
> >>fashioned but usefull technique. :)
> >
> >Writing acceptance tests *is* requirements analysis. With the
> >ambiguity removed.
> >
> Acceptance test is quality assurance that the product meets the
> acceptance critera (of which there may be many functional and non
> functional) originally defined and agreed with the customer before
> they commit to paying for the product.
>
> Its nothing to do with the actual development or proving of the actual
> quality of the product and certainly does not have anything to do with
> requirements - some or many may not even be relevant to any of the
> acceptance tests.

??? Pllease what do you say Acceptance testing is about?

In these parts, it means "accepting" software if it meets requirements
as specified in Analysis deliverables. The software may be fully
accepted, fully rejected and reasons given, sent back for mods and
reasons given.

Elliott 

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