>>Hi Nikki,
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>>The terms 'program analysis' and 'functional analysis' are not used by me. My terms are 'technical documentation' (FD) as opposed to 'functional documentation' (TD).
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>>The FD and TD are officially two separate documents, but I also sometimes see only one document that contains both. Officially the FD must be written by a functional analyst, or better: business analyst (BA), whereas the TD is written by the systems analyst (SA) or systems programmer, whatever the inhouse name for this advanced employee is. The BA uses a non-technical approach and the SA 'translates' the FD to a 'technical' story.
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>What? are you talking in Dutch to Nikki here?

Not sure what you're implying here, but if it's the wrong placement of (FD) and (TD) in the first sentence, that was to check whether it is read with attention. <g>

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>>If you are a BA, then it can be expected that you deliver an FD. The SA is the one for the SD. If you're 'merely' a programmer, then both can't really be expected from you. If these types of documentation are missing, then that is because the bosses have never regarded it to be an important topic.
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>>The consultant is not necessarilly trying to impress the boss. If he uses the right arguments and shows patience and understanding, then it may well turn out to be an impetus to all to become more professional and thus to benefit in the long run.
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>>The boss must be willing to professionalize all his employees and offer them the chance to do so. And that includes offering the opportunity to go back to (evening) school.
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>>>i hv been a progrmmer for a few years most of it self taught, no fancy college stuff. recently our company hired a consultant and he was surprised that i hv not yet created a
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>>>functional analysis
>>>program analysis
>>>user manual
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>>>of the program
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>>>and a lot of other stuff,
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>>>we only have 5 employees in our company, everyone knows the program inside out.
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>>>my question here is
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>>>1. how important are these things and what are these things (except the user manual which i understand)
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>>>2. is the consultant just trying to impress my boss
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>>>3. what other documentations are there which are necessary to be done along with the program?
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>>>4. where do i get to learn all this stuff?
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>>>any help is welcome
>>>
>>>thanks