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How it was supported What the customer really needed
lists that form the project specification. I should confess that I am no great fan of specifications, because they can mislead you into thinking you've solved the problem, but I concede a good specification is helpful. Spolsky’s Second Law is ‘Always write a specification’? Engineers should collaboratively write the specification as a response to the desires of the project creators. But they must not blindly implement the specification they’ve been handed. They must not forget the creative element.
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