Moscow notation

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What is MoSCoW notation ?

Motivation

During the internship at Logitech, I refactor and optimize the internal test tool. When I finished the coding, my manager ask me to write a detailed document to record the core logic in this test tool.

When I wrote the document, my manager ask me to use MOSCOW notation to list down the requirements of this test tool.

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But, What is MOSCOW notation ? 🤔

Meaning

MoSCoW is an acronym derived from four letters of each prioritization :

1. M for MUST HAVE
2. S for SHOULD HAVE
3. C for COULD HAVE
4. W for WON’T HAVE

It didn’t have O, just for word pronounceable.

Example

So when I write a test tool(prime detector) to detect prime number and composite number and we plan to detect floating point in the future, I will need to write the below requirement.

PRIMEDETECTOR-1: MUST detect the prime number.
PRIMEDETECTOR-2: MUST detect the composite number.
PRIMEDETECTOR-3: SHOULD detect the floating point.

Final

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