Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-in-01.newsfeed.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Arne Vajhøj" Subject: Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Message-ID: <502943B4.56764.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5022AB7C.56323.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5022AB7C.56323.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 468f30fe X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 5ac92a2b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 31 Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:36:19 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344882979 69.21.70.65 (Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:36:19 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:36:19 CDT Organization: tds.net X-Received-Bytes: 2163 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17816 To: Lew From: Arne Vajhoj On 8/7/2012 4:47 PM, Lew wrote: > On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:26:41 AM UTC-7, David Lamb wrote: >> 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. > > I mention use cases in a rather abstract sense, that is, to signify the underlying > phenomenon of a collection of circumstances and needs. You seem to use the > term in a more restricted sense of the documentation of such phenomena. > > These are distinct things. The report is not the situation on the ground. Real use cases are widely used. (and UML use case diagrams are actually pretty nice to give an overview of them including the relationships between them) Agile user stories are also widely used, so there are alternatives. Arne --- 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