Media: The Role of Requirements troubles Boxes and Arrows

"Are Useful Requirements Just A Fairy Tale? (and why an IA should care)" by Dan Willis takes an information-architect-centric view and makes no apologies for that: 'An IA who generates requirements just to satisfy his own selfish needs actually serves the team quite well. But the IA may not produce the kind of detailed requirements an engineer would need for coding. These UI-related requirements are intended to give the team an easy mechanism to identify and reconcile differing visions for the project before the IA starts organizing information or user goals.

'So every information architect has to decide for himself. I, for one, choose to believe in requirements. I believe in a very specific approach to requirements, an approach that has a lot to do with frustration.'

The piece has inspired a bit of comment, including a critique that looks at what/how divisions in requirements collecting and disagrees with the main article. Read Willis' thoughts and have your own...

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