I have worked with some who could seem to see the end result as the user would. It was sometimes fancy and clever but confusing to the user, especially if they weren't technical.
A simple example was the occasion I was asked to do a test commission of a yacht instrument system. I set it up on a desk in the company's boardroom, and proceeded to check all the instruments responded as they should. I came to the depth sounder where I had an error message. Couldn't see anything wrong so called in the engineer. He told me it was showing an error as the sounder wasn't in the water. Once the yacht was in the water it would be OK. I asked him how I would check it was working before I put the yacht in the water, as I would normally complete the installation and checking before launching, especially if it was a new yacht. A minor software change sorted that.
Last edited by GrumpyPa; 27/11/22 08:25 PM.
