Formal System Dictionary - Does your team speak the same language?
Posted by: Karl Seguin [MVP],
on 15 May 2007 |
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Today a new developer joined an ongoing discussion weve been
having on a new system feature weve been designing/implementing. Within
seconds of talking about it, I found myself doing something I later realize is
quite common for me: establishing a common vocabulary across all members of the
team and enforcing it.
I think Im of the opinion that a more or less formal system
dictionary should survive the push away from comprehensive documentation. If
you live and breathe a system for months or years,...