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by Dave Churchville.
Original Post: Users Don't Know What They Want!
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A common theme in traditional software development is the idea that you should have complete requirements before you start coding. But where do these requirements come from?
From the users.
But, how do users articulate what they need? Often they can't, they can only describe problems they're having, not how to solve them. That's our job as software developers.
This problem is often