{"id":1307,"date":"2017-11-14T08:27:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T08:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2017-11-14T08:31:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T08:31:51","slug":"the-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/2017\/11\/14\/the-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"The Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in April, I asked 6 friends to pass rapid judgement on my latest attempt to define the Roundsheet application<\/a>.\u00a0 I asked them to give the document a quick scan and to provide answers to the questions below with either Yes or No, and to feel free to add comments or suggestions if they wished.<\/p>\n

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  1. Were you able to understand what was being described?<\/li>\n
  2. Do the Roundsheet concepts make sense to you?<\/li>\n
  3. Do you think a Roundsheet application would give users something they haven’t got already?<\/li>\n
  4. Is it worth pursuing this idea any further?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I received 5 replies. Not everyone was able to answer either Yes or No to each question \u2013 some answers were \u2018partly\u2019 or \u2018sort of\u2019 or \u2018don\u2019t know\u2019 or \u2018possibly\u2019; so, I\u2019m going to classify all such in-between kind of responses as \u2018not sure\u2019. Applying this rule of thumb, the bare number results were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Question<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/strong><\/td>\nNot Sure<\/strong><\/td>\nNo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Able to understand?<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Concepts make sense?<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Something user\u2019s haven\u2019t got?<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Worth pursuing?<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    \u00a0<\/strong>Some of the comments were interesting:<\/p>\n

    \u201cone would think that many spreadsheets have pie chart functionalities: your concept is really about how to use those functionalities\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cwhether this could be a protected tool? I think you would have difficulty\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cstill wondering why the roundsheet format is any better than the tabular format which apparently could be used instead?\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cmay be of interest to those who get frustrated by the complexities of linking Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint applications – I have come across a few of those in my career!\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cI feel there is a core there that could be extremely useful\u201d<\/p>\n

    However, overall, there\u2019s no overwhelming consensus that this is a winning idea, and it\u2019s probably unlikely that time spent trying to promote its development into a product would be rewarded; so I think this is the time to put this journey to bed. I have enjoyed the intellectual challenge it has given me; and have the satisfaction of knowing that I took the ideas as far as I could and finished the job. I could always bring the topic out of retirement should someone come along with a serious interest in taking it forward.<\/p>\n

    Thank you to all of you who, over the years, have taken the time to wade through and pass comment on the various specification documents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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