One of the activities we work through revolves around refining your problem statement. A problem statement is the key business problem that needs to be solved. In software development, it states “what has to be done” for a project to succeed. It does not say, “how it has to be done.”
We use the 5W’s + 1 H format as well as the SMART Framework when establishing a problem statement. In fact, you can draft your own problem statement by using our free download. This download will get you thinking through some of the questions and answers prior to starting your project.
You won't truly have a good time until you start following other users. Once you do, the boring blurb in
Figure 1 (above) will be replaced with valuable information. Refer to
Figure 2 at the bottom of this article for an example. Follow is one of GitHub's most valuable features for coders. If you aren't actively using it, you are missing an opportunity to continuously expose yourself to new and useful information. Follow to see what other developers are contributing to, what they're interested in, and all the cool things they're discovering on GitHub.
