Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.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: Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Message-ID: <5022AB85.56371.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5022AB7C.56325.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5022AB7C.56325.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 b64c876f X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 d2a5a668 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 24 Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:04:26 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344452666 69.21.70.65 (Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:26 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:04:26 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17421 To: Gene Wirchenko From: David Lamb On 07/08/2012 5:23 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > And it could just be that the customer really does not know what > he wants. You can try describing it, but too often, he nods and then > complains later that it was not what he expected. Or the old "That's > just what I said, but it's not what I want!" I understand that. I was under the impression that "user centred design" involved a collection of practices meant to improve communication between customers and developers, of which UML use cases were one example. In fact I recently read parts of the 3 UML books I have on hand (reference, user's guide, and Unified Process) and found a statement to the effect that use cases in particular were designed to improve communications. But, as I said in answer to Lew upthread, I should have made clearer that use cases were just one example of the kind of user-centred requirements elicitation mechanisms I had in mind. --- 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