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Subject:Re: use cases - what are they good for From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:47:09 -0800 (PST)
While I disagree with you about the value of Use Cases
- as any true Data Flow Diagrammer would, at a higher
level, you bring up a very important point: The
importance of modeling. The human mind can not
understand the workings of any but the most trivial
systems without the aid of models.
Tony Markos
--- TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
If you can author procedures without knowing in what
cases the users will be using the product, then you're
an extremely valuable asset to the world of technical
documentation! ;-)
>
>
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:52:42 -0500, Neumann, Eileen
> <ENeuman -at- franklintempleton -dot- ca> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone use 'use cases' to develop / write
> procedures? I've been investigating this topic, and
> it seems that use cases are very good for explaining
> how various systems and / or people interact......
>
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