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Subject:Re: Metaphors, then Use Cases From:Kathleen Padova <KPadova -at- MILLSTAR -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 29 Sep 1997 12:27:58 -0400
The new buzzword around the office is "Use Case Scenarios". (The person
who started using it is the same person who uses "Heirarchical
decomposition" for table of contents.)
I haven't noticed any difference between the Examples & Sample Searches
I used to write and the Use Case Scenarios I now write.
Regards,
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Kathleen Padova
kpadova -at- millstar -dot- com
Millstar Electronic Publishing Group
www.millstar.com
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> From: Beth Agnew[SMTP:bagnew -at- INSYSTEMS -dot- COM]
> Reply To: bagnew -at- insystems -dot- com
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 1997 12:12 PM
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> Subject: Metaphors, then Use Cases
>
> Last week we had a brief discussion about metaphor. Since it's
> something
> techwriters frequently use and contend with, it doesn't hurt to learn
> more
> about it. Here's a nifty site I stumbled across today in my search for
> information on use cases. (Anyone else out there dealing with use
> cases?)
>
>http://metaphor.uoregon.edu/metaphor.html
>
> Cheers,
> --Beth
>
> Beth Agnew
> Senior Technical Writer, InSystems Technologies Inc.
> 65 Allstate Parkway, Suite 100 Tel: (905) 513-1400 ext. 280
> Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 9X1 Fax: (905) 513-1419
>mailto:bagnew -at- insystems -dot- com Visit us at: http://www.insystems.com
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