{"id":3791,"date":"2022-12-26T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T06:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2022-12-03T08:22:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T13:22:13","slug":"what-question-are-we-answering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/2022\/12\/what-question-are-we-answering\/","title":{"rendered":"What Question are We Answering?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Dwayne Phillips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Find the right question. The answer will direct efforts. That is pretty basic, but it seems to work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The purpose of this blog post is&#8230; Well, let me struggle with the rest of that sentence. In my struggles, let me find the right question. How about, &#8220;Why would anyone read this?&#8221; or &#8220;Why is this here?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I find this to be a useful technique. Ask the right question, think, answer it, work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Statement: The purpose of this blog post is&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question(s): Will anyone read this? If yes, who? Why would they read this?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement: The Requirements are&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question(s): What is the problem?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement: The high-level design is&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question(s): In broad, loose terms, what is a solution?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement: The detailed design is&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question(s): In precise, concrete, and specific terms, what is a solution?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Statement: The implementation is&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Question(s): What works?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list could continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try the technique. Start with a question instead of a declarative sentence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Dwayne Phillips Find the right question. The answer will direct efforts. That is pretty basic, but it seems to work. The purpose of this blog post is&#8230; Well, let me struggle with the rest of that sentence. In my struggles, let me find the right question. How about, &#8220;Why would anyone read this?&#8221; or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,12,115,247,59],"tags":[240,135,227,248,179],"class_list":["post-3791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analysis","category-design","category-engineering","category-questions","category-requirements","tag-analysis","tag-design","tag-engineering","tag-questions","tag-requirements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3792,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3791\/revisions\/3792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dwaynephillips.net\/workingup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}