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@alextoth.bsky.social When you are trying to define your system or project and feel stuck I can help in down to earth language. Send me a message and let us clear up the confusion.

๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: use.toth.al/posts/a-walโ€ฆ


@alextoth.bsky.social When I went to the park to write I bought a coffee and found a bench in the sun. The weather was perfect. I was ready. Then nothing happened. Zilch.


@alextoth.bsky.social I sat there blocked because I had no specific problem to solve. And realised I could not write because I had no questions to answer!

It is hard to speak when you are not answering a real need.


@alextoth.bsky.social This is exactly how Systems Engineering works. You cannot just start developing a product before you define what it is. You need prompts from your stakeholders to ensure you solve a real problem.


@alextoth.bsky.social Their real needs are often hidden. You must ask probing questions to uncover them. This is what we call ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Then you repeat it back to them to check if you understood. That is ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.