You might find http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/agileUsability.htm to be of interest.
- Scott On Sun, March 4, 2007 1:26 pm, Nate Oster said: > It's a "mainstream press" article in ComputerWorld, and it looks like > it's been edited to death. I'm pretty sure the UML faux paux is from a > redaction. They clearly mean RUP. > > > > It's funny that such a short article should zero right in on two areas > that Number Six has also had challenges with when enacting RUP with > clients - integrating User Experience (UX), and effectively tailoring > the Deployment discipline. > > > > Sabre said that "User-interface design techniques, for instance, are > typically treated separately, and deployment into production isn't > usually addressed" > > > > UX is an area that we've been heavily involved with effectively > integrating into OpenUP at our www.myhealth.va.gov > <http://www.myhealth.va.gov/> portal client, where we've gained a lot > of experience about how to make UX a normal part of iterative, > incremental development throughout the lifecycle. Actually doing > lightweight UX processes turns out to be a lot more focused in the A&D > and Implementation disciplines than it is in Requirements. > > > > Thanks, > > Nate > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Scott W. Ambler > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 9:04 AM > To: Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List > Subject: Re: [epf-dev] Sabre's Agile Methodology: OpenUP-ish? > > > > > > On Sun, March 4, 2007 8:06 am, Brian Lyons said: > >> hiho, > >> > >> > >> > >> I was surfing around looking at some pages relating to the usage of > >> agile techniques and I came across this very small article > >> > <http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic > >> &articleId=273413> referencing the success Sabre is having in > applying > >> an agile process. > >> > >> > >> > >> I was sort of put off by this erroneous-sounding snippet: "Sabre's > >> approach to agile development draws from other iterative programming > >> techniques such as UML". Certainly UML can be an important > development > >> technique applied in iterative development, but I wouldn't casually > >> reference it as an "iterative programming technique". > > > > You naively assume that the writer understands the material that they're > > writing about. ;-) > > > >> > >> > >> > >> Anyway, the intriguing quote is this one: "As Sabre began developing a > >> runtime infrastructure in 2004, project iterations would typically > start > >> with an inception phase - an evaluation of what Sabre's products could > >> do in a Web services environment - followed by an elaboration phase". > >> Hmmm, agility and a set of phases starting with inception and then > going > >> on to elaboration. And usage of UML. Sounds like a great idea! > > > > Definitely. Does anyone have any contacts at Sabre? Perhaps we should > > approach them? > > > > - Scott > > Practice Leader Agile Development, IBM Rational > > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/bios/ambler.html > > > > Refactoring Databases ( > > http://www.ambysoft.com/books/refactoringDatabases.html ) is now > > available. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > epf-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev > > _______________________________________________ > epf-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev > Practice Leader Agile Development, IBM Rational http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/bios/ambler.html Refactoring Databases ( http://www.ambysoft.com/books/refactoringDatabases.html ) is now available. _______________________________________________ epf-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev
