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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I&#8217;m often asked by students: &#8220; I feel constrained by your requirements so does that make them constraints?&#8221; &nbsp;I tell them something like &#8220;You may feel constrained,
 but a project can&#8217;t be constrained by what it has to do&#8221;. But I too find it pretty murky.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I think that since useability is &#8220;making something useable&#8221; it is a requirement. Constraints are either items you wish you had more of or laws you must follow.
 So security would be a requirement to meet a legal constraint. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">I&#8217;ll just stick to my VCE IT motto and &#8220;don&#8217;t think too deep&#8221; which means I can rephrase and answer Mark&#8217;s question with scope has &#8220;benefits to users&#8221;, FR and
 NFR do not. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Heath Matheson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Esther Andrews<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 6 December 2015 1:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] usability - NF requirement or constraint or both???<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">I am glad I am not the only one who is confused about the overlap in these aspects.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">When it comes to scope I ask the students to try to think of items that the client might WISH&nbsp;for (or even expect)&nbsp;but are NOT included, so they are like a list of Functional
 Requirements that will NOT be happening - probably because of constraints. It is necessary to ovoid conflict later in the project when the client says &quot;Why&nbsp;didn't you&nbsp;do X/Y/Z&nbsp;? I assumed it would be done!&quot;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">A&nbsp;constraint is something that will prevent you from implementing all of the things you would like to do. So I would say that usability could be a constraint if it means
 that there are features that will have to be left out of the Functional Requirements list because they are too complex for the special needs of the user (ie there's no possible&nbsp;way to implement that Feature so that it meets a NFR of usability).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">As for Mark's question about &quot;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">something that is&nbsp;<i>not</i>&nbsp;a requirement still&nbsp;<i>could</i>&nbsp;be
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Nope. That's too much for me on a Sunday... !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> &lt;<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>&gt; on behalf of Mark &lt;<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com">mark@vceit.com</a>&gt;<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06 December 2015 12:39<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] usability - NF requirement or constraint or both???</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Hi Katherine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">I can see 'usability' being listed as an NFR in the sense that: 'The finished solution must be usable.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">It could also appear as a constraint on design choices for the same reason: 'The solution must be designed in a way that makes it very usable for
 the end-user.'<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Much of a muchness. There is some natural overlap in theory concepts.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">For example, I still can't work out how scope is different to defining all FR and NFR.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">If you have defined ALL requirements, is the scope not
<i>also</i> defined?&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Anything that does not appear as a requirement must be - by definition - not in scope.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Otherwise, listing things that are not in scope could go on til the crack of doom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Solution: A toaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">In Scope:&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">- Scorch muffins.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">- Scorch crumpets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Not in scope:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">- Train elephants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">- Blend mangoes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Can anyone give an example of how something that is
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">On 6 December 2015 at 08:59, Young, Katherine A &lt;<a href="mailto:young.katherine.a@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">young.katherine.a@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>&gt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">I&#8217;ve attached a graphic organizer that will hopefully get my kids thinking more carefully during their analysis of a problem, need or opportunity. Do
 others use something similar? I&#8217;d love to hear your feedback.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">However, in doing so I realized that usability is listed as both a non-functional requirement AND a constraint. My brain had been thinking that a social
 constraint such the users&#8217; level of expertise or some other &quot;audience characteristic&quot; would impose a non-functional requirement in relation to the usability of a solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Could someone please explain the difference between usability as a constraint and as a NF requirement? I know that I WILL be asked the same question :-/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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