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> Unfortunately, going to developer meetings is always
> an excercise in jumping into an ocean of design
> detail. It is unfortunate: everyone is unsure of
It is their meeting. They are calling it for a purpose...to discuss
details. However, what is there to prevent you from participating in
your own way. What is there to prevent you from throwing in a
well-chosen "Why?" or "How?"
> plays it safe by limiting his/her conversation to the
> very concrete. This is a waste of time. It is much
For you, maybe. I, for one, WANT to hear the concrete. I want to know
the facts. I want to know the details. I also have the ability to
diregard what doesn't apply to me and to retain what does. I'm a
"selective" sponge...I only absorb what applies to what I do and I
have the ability to know the difference.
> 2.) Avoid design considerations until you have a
> understanding of the system's underlying (i.e., design
> independent) logic. This is a basic analysis
Avoid nothing. What you learn now may be premature and you won't know
what it means. However...at some point, it will fall into place. It
might be 8:30 pm...from your office will come "ah HA! NOW I
understand what that meant!"
> disjointed HOW - to any degree of rigor - are claiming
> that they can do what Systems Analysts have known for
> decades can not done.
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