TravisDBA (4/12/2013)
majorbloodnock (4/12/2013)And you expect every request from the user community to be plainly put and that they know exactly what they want?
Yes. They're called requirement specs and they are a must where I work and we don't go forward without them. I leave the brainstormng sessions to the PM's to hammer those out, I don't deal directly with end users, thank God. If the PM's need my database expertise and help then they come to me with pointed questions,. 😀
And how many times have I seen those, met them, only to be told by the user "Sorry, but that isn't what I wanted"; too many times actually.
Seen it in the government contract world as well.