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Requirement Amnesia

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Agile Programming Devops

2 months ago 149,810,613 views 0 shares

Requirement Amnesia

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Business at 20:55: "Remove the date selection ASAP."

Dev at 20:56: "Sure, I'll create a ticket and deploy it next."

Business at 20:56: "Created ticket ABCD-1234. Do it ASAP. Urgent."

Business the next day: "URGENT!!! APPLICATION MISSING DATE SELECTION AFTER YESTERDAY'S DEPLOYMENT. PLEASE FIX NOW!"

You know what's wild? Business literally asked for the date selection to be removed, dev removed it, and now Business is losing their mind because... the date selection is removed. It's like watching someone ask you to delete production, then panic when production is deleted. The ticket is right there. The chat logs are right there. But somehow, you're still the villain in this story.

Pro tip: Screenshot everything. Save every Slack message. Keep receipts like you're filing taxes, because when stakeholders forget their own requirements, you'll need evidence for your defense trial.

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