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Subject:RE: Don Norman on Manual Writing From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:12:39 -0800 (PST)
Unfortunately, one of the biggest reasons that
analysis efforts fail - and they so often do - is
because the analysts have to work under managers who's
true orientation is design. Essential analysis
concepts like postponing consideration of detail until
the appropriate time (please note that I say postpone
- not forget about) are most often totally foreign to
the design types.
Tony Markos
--- Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
wrote:
> OK, so far we've established that in Bill's
> experience, analysis and
> design are *never* separated, whereas in Tony's
> experience, they
> *always* are.
>
> We might possibly conclude that there is more than
> one correct way to
> get from point A to point B. If so, perhaps the only
> error here is the
> use of the word "inevitably."
>
> -- Dan Goldstein
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