Jaqui,

As I stated in your other thread, a template is nothing more than a tool. If the workman doesn't know how to elicit business requirements, then no tool or template will get the information that is really needed. The template does not know how to ask the right questions in the right way from the right people to dig down to find out the underlying business decisions, goals, issues, or problems that are trying to be addressed. Too often, the usiness partner just asks for what they THINK will solve their problem: "I just want a report", "add a check box", "create a database", rather than describe what the problem really is. there are tools that can be used to generate code, do you think that just because someone buys or downloads one that they will be creating well architected, designed, constructed, and tested applications? Probably not.

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