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Subject:Object Oriented Analysis Is An Oxymoron From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
John:
WHOA???? bucko??? Wellll partner, we (TW's) need to
understand WHAT the system does - not HOW it does it.
HOW is design.
Note: The end-users experience is basically the same
thing as the interface design, but only a small part
of design is in the interface.
See Ya on the trail.
Tony Markos
> WHOA!! Hold ON there, bucko.
>
> We don't need to understand design considerations?
> It's only by
> understanding design considerations do we know if an
> application does
> something becuase it is designed to, or if it does
> something contrary
> to design and therefore we need to jump up and down
> pointing out a
> poor design.
>
> We're going GA on an application 9/1...or should I
> say we were
> because based on a design issue I brought up this
> morning, the
> installation process is being changed and has moved
> it back a few
> days. (It would have installed a file where the
> application couldn't
> get to it, and yes, around here, Communications can
> file
> show-stoppers.)
>
> We MOST CERTAINLY need to understand design
> considerations
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