A few thoughts 1. The gears are a bit distracting. We should clean them up. 2. Each of the rows should produce something. i.e. the daily cycle results in a working build. This would help to get the idea across that working software is a major deliverable.
Scott On Wed, October 10, 2007 10:00 pm, Nate Oster said: > I'm a big fan of the graphic, so I'm obviously biased, but I do see the > concern what I start thinking about it too much. It's that pesky > physics always intruding on our mental models! ;) > > > > Anyway, if the notion is simply to make the gears more physically > accurate, then I think they need teeth that are spaced properly. The > Work Items gear, for example, could have only one tooth, so that each > completed work item advances the iteration by one "increment" toward > completion of a shippable Build. > > > > I DO like the "elongated tooth" on the Iteration gear. Now if we could > just get it to make sense. I think it's just a matter of visual > spacing. There must be an engineer who can help us poor software people > out. :-) > > > > Thanks, > > Nate Oster > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ben Williams > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:15 AM > To: Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List > Subject: [epf-dev] OpenUP Summary Graphic > > > > Hi all > > > > We have been speaking with various customers about EPF and OpenUP. > > > > We have received feedback that the main OpenUP graphic (the cogs) is > distracting because: > > > > - it uses a mechanical metaphor to illustrate an integrated process, yet > the mechanics do not mesh > > - there is no way that the two cogs could actually mesh > > - the elongated tooth on the iteration cog is odd > > - these issues distract from the conceptual message being conveyed > > > > I have attached a modified version - this is just an example of how the > deficiencies in the graphic could be addressed - the graphic should be > corrected properly by someone with better photoshop skills :) > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Ben > > > Collaborate to Innovate! Register today for Telelogic's annual User > Group Conference November 19-21 in South Wales > Learn more at www.telelogic.com/campaigns/2007/ugc/uk/index.cfm > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > Telelogic Lifecycle Solutions: > Helping You Define, Design & Deliver Advanced Systems & Software > Learn More at www.telelogic.com <http://www.telelogic.com/> > > > Ben Williams > Director of Product Management, Lifecycle Solutions > Telelogic UK Ltd > Northbrook House, Oxford Science Park > OX4 4GA, Oxford > United Kingdom > > Phone: +44 020 7193 7067 > Fax: +44 (1865) 784 286 > Mobile phone:+44 (7710) 637 067 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.telelogic.com <http://www.telelogic.com/> > > > Telelogic - Requirements-Driven Innovation! > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > The information contained in this e-mail, including any attachment or > enclosure, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confidential material. Any unauthorized use, > review, retransmissions, dissemination, copying or other use of this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 ) won a Jolt Productivity award. _______________________________________________ epf-dev mailing list [email protected] https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/epf-dev
