But Beth doesn't write specs in her new job.


>I think what's confusing is that Program Managers have the word "manager" in their title. When I joined in 2001, I thought Randy and Gene had management responsibilities above what they actually had.
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>Cathy hit it pretty much. All PMs write specs, and, yes, Beth did too while there as a contract PM. In fact, Beth wrote the spec on the new Toolbox for VFP 8 that - in my mind - ranks as one of the best functional requirements documents I have ever seen. I use it as an example when teaching folks how to write good specs.
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>PMs were also the arbiters of the feature list: What will and will not be part of a release. Although we testers could push pretty hard in that regard (lol).
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