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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? |
| Date | 2012-08-14 12:35 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <g0al28p03rf8l7mkum47h34v1c7c5qj6cf@4ax.com> (permalink) |
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 05:32:48 -0500, Leif Roar Moldskred
<leifm@dimnakorr.com> wrote:
>Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>
>> The real problems are that:
>> - the domain experts now how the old systems works but may have
>> huge difficulties explaining how the new system should work
>> - asking people about requirements is an open invitation to
>> scope creep
>
>Another problem -- or perhaps rather a restating of the first problem
>you mentioned -- is that even users with a very good _implicit_
>knowledge of their work process often have a poor _explicit_
>understanding of it. Often, a lot of important business requirements
>are overlooked because the users either plain doesn't realise that
>they're there, or because they take them as implicitly understood.
Such a user might also understand his job very well in terms of
how it is currently executed, but not have the strategic knowledge
behind that.
>For the same reason, users are often terrible at prioritising between
>features and choosing between different solutions. Often, the highest
>priority goes to whichever feature the user thought of most recently.
Quite.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-08-07 14:26 -0400
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2012-08-07 22:13 +0200
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-08-07 13:47 -0700
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-08-07 14:23 -0700
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-08-07 14:54 -0700
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-08-08 09:47 -0400
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-08-08 09:48 -0700
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-08-12 22:57 -0400
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> - 2012-08-08 09:44 -0400
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-08-12 22:53 -0400
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjdehf@hotmail.com.invalid> - 2012-08-08 11:41 +0300
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2012-08-12 22:48 -0400
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-08-13 05:32 -0500
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-08-14 12:35 -0700
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-08-14 15:35 -0500
Re: Who gets interviewed to produce use cases? Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-08-15 09:32 -0700
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