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: <502943B5.56765.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: David Lamb Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <5022AB85.56371.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <5022AB85.56371.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 8f854a71 X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 b64c876f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 28 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: 2123 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17817 To: David Lamb From: Arne Vajhoj 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 --- 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