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Subject:Error messages and business rules management From:Steven Brown <stevenabrown -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:04:05 -0800 (PST)
Hello,
I'd like to hear from those of you who write and
maintain error messages in conjuction with business
rules management software.
My current employer is in its first year of adopting
the Rational Unified Process, and one of our tasks is
to assume responsibility for error messages. I've done
some research to better understand how error messages
are tied into the creation and implementation of
business rules, but like RUP in general, I'm finding
very little information on the subject.
Some general questions:
- Who in the SDLC is responsible for identifying the
need for specific error messages?
- Do the folks who identify the need for error
messages write a draft for them?
- What software do you use to write and maintain
business rules and/or error messages?
- Does your error message tool allow you to maintain
meta data (e.g., status, edit dates, versions,
comments, etc.)?
- When do you actually write error messages? After the
business rule is created? After a use case package is
delivered? After UI prototypes are available?
Thanks in advance.
Steven Brown
Senior Technical Writer
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