
Identify a patron's mission statement and translate it into a written checklist to manage expectations, then outline line items by extracting nouns and verbs to guide the gig.
Convert gig descriptions into a clear requirements checklist, ask clarifying questions, and record client answers to ensure a file management app searches a hard drive by size, date, and type.
Learn how to maintain mission statement integrity with restatement for clarity and traceable, numbered requirements. Eliminate ambiguities through explicit questions about scope, file types, and default behavior.
Map client requirements to use cases by modeling a console user, listing files, applying oldest first sorting, suffix matching, standard displays and errors, and numbering for diagram consistency.
Map the main activity to code with an activity diagram, list files in present working directory, and use metadata matching to show or ignore items, including error and addition indicators.
Develop a Python command-line tool using argparse to list and locate files with default paging, suffix filtering, and newest or oldest options, while aligning with client requirements.
... there is soooo much more to creating software than writing code ... !
Define the client's mission statement into formal requirements and project design, plan deliveries and testing, and align payment terms with the formal agreement.
I've no idea why everyone is so freaked about today's code generators ... creating software is so much more than merely 'speaking code!'
From that one person gig, to those board room brainstorming sessions, the concepts taught in "Gig Success" are designed for professionals who need to learn what to do to keep clients happy, as well as to influence software developers.
No matter if your are a top-down or bottom-up software developer, let me help you take your analytical, requirements- gathering, coding, and testing abilities, to the next level!
About This Series
Written by a Principal Trainer & Principal Software Development Engineer, in order to insure mastery key topics are presented several times, as well as at ever-increasing depth. You will also be using cross platform programming interfaces - the same techniques will work on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac.
Note:
Gig Success is a "Level 4" educational opportunity. Students should be either (1) comfortable writing Python, or (2) using A.I to generate code.
Related Concepts:
After completing the Python 1000 series, in the Python 2000 series you can complete keyword mastery by exploring a large collection of activity-related topics.
Sold separately, in the 2000 series students will enjoy learning how to create Lambdas, Generators, Context Managers, Packages & Modules, Classes, Factories, Frameworks, how to manage Exceptions, as well as other professional programming topics. From keywords & tabs, to testing & documentation, hints & tips on how to use Python in the professional world abound!