Understanding Requirements

Understanding Requirements is probably one of the most important aspects of programming. In the 1989 movie, Field of Dreams starring Kevin Costner, his character (Ray) hears a voice whisper, “If you build it, he will come”. He sees a vision and promptly proceeds to turn his corn field into a baseball field. Well that takes a bit of determination and a lot of know-how. Ray knew how to grow corn but building baseball fields is a whole different story. What I am trying to say is the following; If you understand what you need to do, you will be able to do it. I am convinced that programmers should live by this mantra. (more…)