parsnips/by-design.txt

## by-design.txt
From: Paul Congdon [mailto:pcongdon@milestoneconsultinggroup.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:15 AM
To: Femi Oyekan
Subject: It's by Design

As Microsoft Project Support Team put so eloquently:

With regard to the original problem, we also see in our build the behaviour which you describe in your case.
Our current view is that this software is working as designed.
"By design", does not necessarily mean that a particular feature has been explicitly designed in such a manner as the way in which it behaves. It is a more generic term. It may be better put by stating that, due to the inherent design of the product, the behaviour of a particular feature is behaving as expected, ergo it is "By design". As is with each and every piece of software, every eventuality cannot be accounted for in the design stage. So, similarly, for something that may not have been accounted for in the original design of the product/feature, but is still behaving as would be expected, this would be deemed as being "by design".
For something to not be by design, then this would mean that a feature had been explicitly designed in a certain way and that the subsequent behaviour does not match that design requirement.
	From: Paul Congdon [mailto:pcongdon@milestoneconsultinggroup.com]
	Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:15 AM
	To: Femi Oyekan
	Subject: It's by Design

	As Microsoft Project Support Team put so eloquently:

	With regard to the original problem, we also see in our build the behaviour which you describe in your case.
	Our current view is that this software is working as designed.
	"By design", does not necessarily mean that a particular feature has been explicitly designed in such a manner as the way in which it behaves. It is a more generic term. It may be better put by stating that, due to the inherent design of the product, the behaviour of a particular feature is behaving as expected, ergo it is "By design". As is with each and every piece of software, every eventuality cannot be accounted for in the design stage. So, similarly, for something that may not have been accounted for in the original design of the product/feature, but is still behaving as would be expected, this would be deemed as being "by design".
	For something to not be by design, then this would mean that a feature had been explicitly designed in a certain way and that the subsequent behaviour does not match that design requirement.