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Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases?

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  To: David Lamb
From: Arne Vajhoj <arne@vajhoej.dk>

On 8/8/2012 9:47 AM, David Lamb wrote:
> 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.

Note that use cases are not a part of UML.

UML just provides a diagram that shows use cases and their relationship.

Arne

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Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "David Lamb" <david.lamb@1:261/38.remove-p82-this> - 2012-08-08 06:20 +0000
  Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Robert Klemme" <robert.klemme@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
  Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
    Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
      Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Lew" <lew@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
      Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "David Lamb" <david.lamb@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
        Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
        Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-nlb-this> - 2012-08-13 18:36 +0000
    Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "David Lamb" <david.lamb@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
    Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-nlb-this> - 2012-08-13 18:36 +0000
  Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Jukka Lahtinen" <jukka.lahtinen@1:261/38.remove-qhs-this> - 2012-08-08 19:04 +0000
  Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Arne Vajhøj" <arne.vajhøj@1:261/38.remove-nlb-this> - 2012-08-13 18:36 +0000
    Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Leif Roar Moldskred" <leif.roar.moldskred@1:261/38.remove-nlb-this> - 2012-08-13 18:36 +0000
      Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-z1z-this> - 2012-08-15 18:36 +0000
      Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Leif Roar Moldskred" <leif.roar.moldskred@1:261/38.remove-z1z-this> - 2012-08-15 18:36 +0000
        Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? "Gene Wirchenko" <gene.wirchenko@1:261/38.remove-z1z-this> - 2012-08-15 18:36 +0000

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