- no brown m&m's specifically calls out no brown m&ms in a list of requirements, and uses it as a canary for reading comprehension.
- a misspelling is an "obvious" problem, but I suspect not called out anywhere as a specific requirement.
"No brown m&ms" catches when people aren't paying detailed attention to your (presumably reasonably scoped) requirements doc.
Asking people to catch all "obvious" problems holds them accountable to an unbounded guessing game, and you're far more likely to catch people out, simply because of differences in where they choose to focus.
- no brown m&m's specifically calls out no brown m&ms in a list of requirements, and uses it as a canary for reading comprehension.
- a misspelling is an "obvious" problem, but I suspect not called out anywhere as a specific requirement.
"No brown m&ms" catches when people aren't paying detailed attention to your (presumably reasonably scoped) requirements doc.
Asking people to catch all "obvious" problems holds them accountable to an unbounded guessing game, and you're far more likely to catch people out, simply because of differences in where they choose to focus.