Painless Functional Specifications - Part 4: Tips
Recently I have been interested in writing, especially in English, since I read Joel's suggestion on how to be a good English commander on his blog. In the blog, he listed up five tips to trick people into reading your stuff. I was somewhat impressed by Rule 2 & 5.
- Rule 1: Be Funny
- Rule 2: Writing a spec is like writing code for a brain to execute
- Rule 3: Write as simply as possible
- Rule 4: Review and reread several times
- Rule 5: Templates considered harmful
Quote of the day
In fact I think that many people think that clear writing means that something is wrong.
