Guidelines -- Check obvious
2. Check for the “obvious” problems
o Verify that the inputs are as required -- case, syntax, etc.
; Are there 0-O 1-l I-l or other substitution mistakes
o If there are multiple components or files in the buggy system,
establish that these are properly “connected”
o Has anything been changed recently
o When there are multiple inputs, does the order matter
o In programming, are all variables ...
; Declared
; Initialized
The chances that the problem is something “obvious”
are small because if it were so “obvious” you would
have already found the problem … but you must check