Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "David Lamb" Subject: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Message-ID: <5022AB84.56365.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: All Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 9c254abd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 30 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:04:24 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344452664 69.21.70.65 (Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:24 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:24 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17415 From: "David Lamb" From: David Lamb Does anyone have data, or at least an informed opinion, on how often genuine users of a proposed piece of software get consulted on developing use cases (or some close equivalent)? I ask here because of the recent UML discussion and because I've seen people, especially Lew, mention use cases reasonably frequently. In an informal discussion with a colleague I was arguing based on things I'd read that "modern best practices" recommended interviewing the people who will actually use a software system in their jobs, rather than only upper management or professional consultants. He said the industry standard was to resell an old system to new customers and charge for every small attempt to get it to work the way the customers wanted. Is he being excessively cynical, or am I being excessively naive? Does anyone know which of us is closer to right? Is the answer different for the Java and object-oriented-development community than it is for other developers? -+- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 + Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) -+- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24 --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24