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by arthurjj 3428 days ago
What's crazy is Ubiquitous language isn't even that hard to start doing. It starts with a common glossary. I like to use an internal wiki, but that's just me.

The harder part is getting people to use the language and not misuse the terms. Saying "You're saying you need a Foo, but it sounds like it's a Foo with an added Bar. Let's call it a FooBar to be clear" requires some effort to start doing.

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It depends on how big of a team you are.

It turns out that some of the most common terminology ends up being the most contentious. A Customer can be a different entity to sales, support, fulfillment, and finance.

As a small informal project, it has value, but madness also lies down that path.