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Subject:Re: Task-based vs. System-Based Procedures From:"Anthony Markatos" <tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:BHartzer -at- cha-systems -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:01:11 PST
Bill Hartzer asks:
In regards to computer software, what is the difference between
task-based procedures and system-based procedures?
Tony Markatos responds:
There is none. There are manual procedures and automated procedures, but
procedures are procedures.
Lets look at a simple (hypothetical) task: Calculate Sales Tax. Various
mechanisms may be employed to accomplish this task: a computer, a person,
electrical circuits - or even a machine. Doesn't matter, it is still a task
and is accomplished by procedure - regardless of the mechanism employed.
Tony Markatos
tonymar -at- hotmail -dot- com
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