A Graphics Library...Why?

[Alison Craig]

In defense of Eduardo, no, he didn't put the cart before the horse. He had reasons - and all them excellent. 

I think he's just looking for that show-stopping description that will keep the auditor off his back. For those of you who don't work in an ISO (or similarly controlled) field, this may not make sense - but I definitely get it. Process for process sake is highly frowned upon.

For my needs, "tracking/locating" (particularly source images, ie, raw images/drawings prior to any editing) is the ultimate reason. But after speaking to one of our QA people (for the non-ISO world, QA is Quality Control from a process/Regulatory perspective - it has nothing to do with testing) and she says "change history" is what she would be looking for as a "why".

Does anyone have a better term...?

Alison

Alison Craig, Technical Writer
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
 
 
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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:53 PM
To: Eduardo F. Cidade, Sr.; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: A Graphics Library...Why?

Eduardo F. Cidade, Sr., wrote:
 
> I've built a specification for a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
> regarding building a Graphics Library (call it a database, tracker,
> whatever).
> 
> One thing that gnaws at this old writer is the standard question:  Why?
> 
> I could use reasons such as:
> Traceability
> Locating Graphics
> Documentation Mapping
> 
> It's just eluding me as to a rock-solid answer on this.

No offense, but didn't you put the cart before the horse? The normal procedure, IMHO, is to determine the need first, and then create the business case and define the requirements, and _only then_ design the thing. 

I'm reminded of those software engineers I've dealt with who, _after_ they've completed a new feature, write requirements to match what they've done. :-) 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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