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[{"user_id": 5501, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299679661.8119929, "message": "Hi I'm wondering if someone knows some good resources on writing project specs.. I am a freelance developer more focused on actual development and less focused on tech specs.. Im involved in a proj where have to write technical specs (& functional req specs) and have absolutely no idea where to start.. any good site or sample or book you would advise ?", "group_id": 97, "id": 304565}, {"user_id": 14896, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299790524.9086239, "user_id": 5501}], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299704671.0097671, "message": "Gallons of ink and billions of pixels have been spilled on this subject. What have you looked at so far?", "group_id": 97, "id": 308323}, {"user_id": 2293, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299708680.0528281, "message": "You talking like UML specifications of something else?", "group_id": 97, "id": 308919}, {"user_id": 141, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299738983.911674, "message": "@adnan i like Joel Spolsky's series on writing specs: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000036.html", "group_id": 97, "id": 311443}, {"user_id": 141, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299739154.376905, "message": "a lot of writing on agile processes in software is about specs, when they're appropriate and when they're too specific, and what to use instead.", "group_id": 97, "id": 311454}, {"user_id": 141, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299739192.0741811, "message": "so some of that might apply depending on what kind of organization you're in and what you're doing there", "group_id": 97, "id": 311455}, {"user_id": 141, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299790587.9727349, "user_id": 5501}], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299739407.849211, "message": "i like The Art of Agile Development as an exploration of that toolkit http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/", "group_id": 97, "id": 311467}, {"user_id": 5501, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299790579.8862309, "message": "@markpasc thanks alot will have a look", "group_id": 97, "id": 316304}, {"user_id": 5501, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299790708.9179809, "message": "@vmbrasseur well said about billions of pixels.. I have looked on Google and found some info which is.. either too vague or too generic to apply.. Im involved in a web-app..", "group_id": 97, "id": 316320}, {"user_id": 5501, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299790771.5241449, "message": "@vmbrasseur someone recommended \"Rapid development: Taming Wild Software Schedules\"..", "group_id": 97, "id": 316323}, {"user_id": 19202, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299798380.8149641, "message": "Another path: To become a good writer, you must become a good reader. Read stuff other people write - on the subject and on other things. Everything I know about writing has been taught to me by a piece of paper and ink -- or by having the output of a computer hit my retina.", "group_id": 97, "id": 317428}, {"user_id": 14896, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11700, "date_created": 1299863395.4771011, "message": "Scott Berkun's \"Making Things Happen\" is a good place to start. It's more of a general \"software project management lifecycle\" work but does cover a lot about specs. http://openlibrary.org/books/OL10781040M/Making_Things_Happen", "group_id": 97, "id": 324668}]