System development/Best practices

On this page you can find information about possible best practices regarding system development.

Some experts say that most business people don't understand models. Data models, semantic models and also process models are for a lot of people to abstract.
A better way to communicate about their work is in natural language and prototyping.
Make use of story mapping/ userstories and talk about their business rules. In the Dutch language we use the term 'afspraak' instead of 'rule', because a lot of Dutch people have a negative association with the term 'rule'.

Waste of time?

In this cheapter you can find activities that are probably a waste of time.

Don't waste more than one hour making a business case. With the current technology you can make a first version of a system in a few hours. Just make a first version and test your assumptions.
Don't waste more than two hours creating a semantic model. Just search the internet on information about the process you want to support. You can find many data models on for instance https://images.google.com/.
Don't waste more than two hours creating a document with requirements. Your requirements will change when you see the first version of the system.

Write down stakeholders of the process.
Put some of the stakeholders in a room and draw a overview of your process on a whiteboard. Don't forget to make a picture of the whiteboard.
Write down some userstories.
Make a first semantic model. You should be able to make a first version of the application after max. one hour.
Make a data model.
Start building your application as soon as possible