In the Beginning, We Hold These Truths To Be Self Evident!
Hi! Happy Sunday! Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Happy 2015! In the beginning? How do we begin to upgrade the failed US government? In the estimable words of the great Yogi Berra, "You have to be careful if you do not know where you are going because you might not get there." Where do we want to go collectively as a country? Should we: Convene a new Constitutional Congress and draft a new constitution? Draft a series of amendments to update the existing constitution? Create new political parties? Get rid of the Federal Reserve Bank? Vote in a whole new slate of politicians? Repeal the income tax amendment? As an engineer the first thing we need are the requirements. What are the requirements needed? Oh! No! Not project management! Sorry, I kid. In the software industry project management is a messy busy upon which there is little agreement on the ideal process. But the objective remains, what are the requirements? Here are the minimal initial requirement