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I gave a look at what functional spec is, and although a major part of
it is creative writting (especially in the 'working scenarios' area)
here's my shot at a func. spec of a sandwitch. And yes, we do find
peanut butter pretty weird.
Ze Fat Baguette v1.0
Mandatory Disclaimer
Hey, don't bite my head off. This is a draft specification and
far from a final document. Also my spell checker never worked
which is aparent ;)
Product description
'Ze fat baguette' is a fairly large piece of sandwich, mainly
consisting of brie-type* cheese, fresh vegetables and moderate
amount of bacon. All the ingrents pretty much float in thousand
islands dressing.
Fresh baguette and vegetables are a requirement. The complete
rundown on ingredients is following:
* Fresh small-sized baguette.
* Brie-type cheese; I reccomend using 'Geramont' or 'Kral
Syru Premium' for having the best value-for money.
* Some lettuce.
* Tomato.
* Thousand islands dressing.
* Two or three slices of bacon. Speck will do too :)
Target audience
The product tagret audience is an average folk enjoying food for
other than its energetic values. The sandwich requires strong
teeth and can be tough for dental gums too. There is a
possibility to leave out the bacon for vegetarians. Leaving out
the cheese is out of question though.
Work Scenarios
Scenario 1: Dude
Dude is a young web designer, spending most of his time behind
computer screens. He's constantly typing on one of the four
keyboards on the three tables in front of him, constantly
cursing about typing on the wrong one, sliding from one table to
another on his rotating chair, leaving nasty tracks on the
floor. He's always busy, working on three projects at once. Used
to working from home, he rarely leaves his chair, not even
thinking about leaving his flat!
He never has time to eat out, the only time he takes the time
for cooking endeavour is for dinner. At lunch time it's usually
a pizza or instant noodles. Or both. Dude is very fond of the
fact he doesn't have to spend time waiting for a pizza to bake,
he just leaves it in the oven and waits for the sound go
*poing*! He does mind eating it cold when he's boosting his
productivity with Infected Mushroom in his headphones. Also it
happens he needs to boil the water couple of times before he
interrupts work at the right time when the water's still hot for
the noodles.
A quick sandwitch solves his problem of not wanting to waste too
much time on food while giving him an extra choice in his sparse
daily menu. He interrupts his work for 4 minutes, which saves
him at least 60% of time if he was waiting for a pizza to be
just right. When he's lucky, his girlfriend prepares the
sandwich before she leaves to work in the morning, which brings
the time down to 30 seconds (going to the fridge and back).
Scenario 2: Dudette
Dudette is a young self-employed photographer specilizing in
nature photography. She spends most of her day chasing beautiful
landscapes** and forest animals. She usually leaves early in the
morning, with a backpack full of lenses and a tiny pocket for a
snack. She also has a second bag for her mobile powerplant plant
to feed her three cameras. Carrying all that stuff along with
her is extremely tough so she needs a good deal of a snack. She
usually eats a sandwitch with four to six powerbars to get her
going till afternoon.
She started preparing 2 pieces of ze baguette for wendesdays and
fridays. She assembles the sandwitches in the evening prior
going to bed and puts then in a fridge so they are still fresh.
She doesn't pour the thousand islad dressing on top though, she
takes two or three 10g plastic backs of the dressing along with
her and adds it prior eating. That way the baguette doesn't get
all soaky and muddy.
2pcs of ze baguette fit nicely into one of the unused 300mm lens
slots in her lens-o-tron backpack.
Non Goals
Ze baguette doesn't address the need for a hot meal.
Screen by Screen specification
The user starts with taking all ingredients on the table as
illustrated on figure 1. It is advised to have the tomato
chilled, it is easier to cut.
Figure 1: Ingredients
Couple of options to choose from at this point. Best practice is
to start by chopping the baguette in the middle with a long
sharp knife in half. It is necersary to make sure one slices it
along the long side of it, just splitting it into two long
pieces will not work. See figure 2.
Figure2: Sliced baguette
Chopping up the tomatoes is what comes next. The traditional
wedges don't work, one needs to create thin slices of the tomato
as pictured on figure 3. One has to cut it along the Z axis, so
it creates a nice star in the middle and doesn't fall apart.
Figure 3: Sliced tomato
Chopping a bit of the lettuce ocmes next. We won't need a lot,
just to give the fresh edge of a taste. See figure 4.
Figure 4: Chopped lettuce
Now it's time to start the assembly. Bacon comes first. If we
use the extra long slices as illustrated on figure 5, we save
precious time arranging it on the bread. Fits perfectly!
Figure 5: Placing the bacon on the bread
Now comes the cheese. Placing it diagonally reduces the need to
chop it to smaller pieces. See figure 6.
Figure 6: Diagonally placed cheese
Now we place a bit of the tomato on top as seen on figure 7.
Figure 7: Tomatoes make it look sexy!
Because poring the dressing over the lettuce may cause the
'sticky fingers' effect once eating, we add the dressing prior
placing the lettuce chops. See figure 8.
Figure 9: Thousand Islands dressing adds the rich flavour
Now we only need to place a bit of lettuce on top and close the
sandwitch with the other half of the bread, pushing firmly on
top. See figure 9.
Figure 9: Finished sandwich
For extra convenience we can split the sandwitch in two. The
user has the freedom to choose the way he prefers eating ze
baguette. Proceeding from both sides works.
Note, however, that going from
the middle results in a possible
split of the baguette which
combined with the fluid
fundamental of the dressing can
end up in a messy deal. If it is
cut in the middle to form two
pieces, such error is easily
prevented.
Figure 10: serving suggestion
Open Issues
How to get all the fresh veggies when you're so busy working?
* Don't know the correct english term for the creamy maturing type of
cheese with the white mold on top.
** They tend to be so fast...
cheers