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Jul 17, 2019 at 15:01 answer added Luke Puplett timeline score: 0
Jul 13, 2019 at 9:40 history protected gnat
Jul 13, 2019 at 1:43 answer added Mark R timeline score: 0
Jul 12, 2019 at 18:54 comment added Bryan Oakley "The project goal is to rewrite of the old system using new technologies." - doesn't that mean that the functional requires are in effect "does that the old system does"?
Jul 12, 2019 at 17:08 comment added Martin Maat What is your problem? The functional requirements could not be clearer. You need to reproduce an existing system which is available for reference.
Jul 12, 2019 at 15:58 vote accept Arkadiusz Kałkus
Jul 12, 2019 at 15:46 answer added amon timeline score: 4
Jul 12, 2019 at 14:40 audit Close votes
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Jul 12, 2019 at 10:54 comment added Mason Wheeler I would call that fragile, actually.
Jul 11, 2019 at 21:53 comment added GuilleOjeda Also, remember that you can only fix two of the three constraints: time, effort and scope. If time is fixed (as you said in your comment) and effort is fixed or at least capped (is your boss willing to hire infinite developers?), then either scope is not fixed and you guys should do what you can in the fixed time that you have (this is what Scrum does with Sprints), or you should accept failure and move on (possibly to another company where bosses either understand software development or leave it to the people who do)
Jul 11, 2019 at 21:49 comment added GuilleOjeda If the system lacks functional requirements, it doesn't need to do anything, so it doesn't have a reason to exist. If it has functional requirements but you don't have access to them, you can't work on it. If it has functional requirements but they aren't specified up front in a manner that you're accustomed to, it still has functional requirements, and you might be asking the wrong question.
Jul 11, 2019 at 21:47 answer added Guy Schalnat timeline score: 1
Jul 11, 2019 at 21:00 history tweeted twitter.com/StackSoftEng/status/1149423201337970688
Jul 11, 2019 at 20:47 history became hot network question
Jul 11, 2019 at 16:48 answer added Karl Bielefeldt timeline score: 17
Jul 11, 2019 at 12:59 comment added Arkadiusz Kałkus @FilipMilovanović Well, the situation looks a bit dirty. I mentioned we don't understand fully what needs to be done and let's make some analysis, otherwise we can't plan. Business owner promised requirements but said that they won't be completed in reasonable time (maybe in the middle of implementation). So the team gathered to analyze what we have to do. After initial analysis some people started to freak out that we can't make it on time, meanwhile deadline is fixed due to external factors. Finally they created tasks based on initial analysis and rush up to start because deadline is short.
Jul 11, 2019 at 12:54 comment added Filip Milovanović Well, what does your team plan to do? Are you going to gather them, talk to business people, etc.?
Jul 11, 2019 at 12:50 answer added Greg Burghardt timeline score: 22
Jul 11, 2019 at 12:41 comment added Arkadiusz Kałkus @GregBurghardt second option
Jul 11, 2019 at 12:39 comment added Greg Burghardt Will the old system be in use until the new system replaces it, or will both systems be used simultaneously, with the new system gradually replacing functions in the old system?
Jul 11, 2019 at 12:36 history asked Arkadiusz Kałkus CC BY-SA 4.0