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Subject:RE: Another question I've had for years... From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:43:58 -0400
For a more optimistic view of using data flow diagrams with SMEs, see John
Posada's story at http://tinyurl.com/6ueo2
YMMV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Markos
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 1:05 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Another question I've had for years...
>
> ... Of course, when you create data flow diagrams, you
> have to be real careful. If your SMEs are insecure,
> just the sight of one may cause them to tremble. In
> such situations, I make sure that that they don't see
> the diagrams. I create them on the sly and just use
> them to design my questions and to clearly define my
> SME interviewing agenda...
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