OT (maybe) [Sigia-l] customization & personalization vs. session lenght

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

> wow, is there some sort of smoke going around this discussion?
> 
> On Thursday, August 5, 2004, at 08:35  AM, matt at webbfoot.com wrote:
> 
> >>>> I sometimes put this in my sig:
> >
> > "People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill.
> > They want a quarter-inch hole." <<<
> >
> > Actually, are they not buying the quarter inch drill to 
> drill the hole 
> > to insert the peg, to hang the picture of the beach, to brighten up 
> > the room where they sit all day wondering why they are sitting here 
> > and not at the beach in the picture, or some similar scanario?
> >

One man's "what" is another man's "how." That's the beast waiting for
you when you enter the Cave of Requirements Capture, and it's that beast
that devours your the best intentions to define the scope of the system.



_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Internet communications are not secure and therefore Oyster Partners Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Oyster Partners Ltd.