Karen, >Does anyone have any thoughts about what makes a 'good' specification >method, from the point of view of the end user rather than the developer?
End users rarely have either the time or inclination to read such specifications. The purpose of such specifications occurs during their writing, ie, the designers learn what is required (if the worst comes to the worst they might also be read by lawyers). Your posting to ppig suggests you think that human factors are a significant factor in the choice of diagraming method. Is this true? What about other factors such as use of generally available methods? For instance, people often complain about the usability of UML, but there are plenty of training materials and tools supporting it. It seems to me that the cost savings obtained from making use of existing methods and tools are likely to be significantly greater than the savings obtained from using some newly invented formalism (I'm assuming a reasonable sized project, not a couple of man month project). derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PPIG Discuss List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Discuss admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/discuss Announce admin: http://limitlessmail.net/mailman/listinfo/announce PPIG Discuss archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/
