How to use the framework for Requirements Engineering for asking for help from people that you don't know. Approach people on GitHub or Twitter in a scoped way to ensure you're not asking too much.

1. Am I Asking Too Much?
How to Solicit Feedback and Help.
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Stuck

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help with JavaScript

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10. How do we ask for
help in a manner that’s
scoped and
considerate?
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11. Conditions or tasks that must be
completed to ensure the success or
completion of the project. They
provide a clear picture of the work
that needs to be done.
Requirement
/rɪˈkwaɪə.mənt/
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12. The process of defining,
documenting, and maintaining
requirements in the engineering
design process. It is a common role
in systems engineering and software
engineering.
Requirements
engineering
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13. Requirements
engineering
involves
Elicitation
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Documentation
Validation
Management

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16. Elicitation

17. “They thanked me for being their mentor and I had absolutely no idea
that for the past year and half that’s what I’d been doing”
Anonymous Dev
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20. Introduce yourself
Why you’re getting in touch
Acknowledgement of their
circumstances

21. Hello! We’ve been following each other here for a
while, and I wondered if I could introduce myself.
I’m currently studying Typescript and would love
to get your advice on a problem that I’m
struggling with.
Completely appreciate that you might be busy or
not have the time to discuss this. Let me know if
you’d be open to having a short conversation to
help point me in the right direction with regards to
finding an answer.

23. Documentation

24. Three types of
cognitive load
Intrinsic - skill
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Extraneous - mechanism
Germane - domain

25. Three aims in the
documentation
stage
Clearly and completely state the
problem
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Do your homework
Detail your constraints

27. Validate

29. Management

31. “If someone is going down the wrong road, they don’t
need motivation to speed them up. What they need is
education to turn around.”
- Jim Rohn
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38. TLDR;
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● Elicitation
● Documentation
● Validation
● Management

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Thank you!
Jessica Cregg
Developer Advocate
LaunchDarkly
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