RE: Doc Design and Conventions

Subject: RE: Doc Design and Conventions
From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
To: "Keith Hood" <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, "Robert Lauriston" <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:58:08 -0600

Keith Hood wrote:

> But use cases (usually) are supposed to describe interactions between
a
> human user and the system. If you change any labels on the UI, or if
> you change what type of control the user activates to perform a
> function, you'd have to at least edit the use cases to reflect the
> changes in the control arrangements. That would apply even if the
> functions remain the same.

No, no, no. I don't claim to be an expert on use cases, but I know for
certain that UI labels and controls have no place in them. Those are
implementation details.

A use case describes the user's interactions with the system at a much
higher level. "The user specifies a date range and submits the report
request," not "The user clicks the calendar icon..."


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com
303-223-5111
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303-777-0436
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References:
Re: Doc Design and Conventions: From: Robert Lauriston
Re: Doc Design and Conventions: From: Keith Hood

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