On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 09:12, Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE wrote: > I believe that what he means is that we actually talk to someone who is > going to use Vista, get the wish list then decide what is feasible in the > given time and then do the work.
I understand that, and that is exactly what is not a good idea. > I believe that we need user involvement to > ensure that we have something that actually does what is needed and to > foster the feeling that users have a say in what a product does. A well > thought out program is useless if it does not do what the user wants. > Have you ever tried to get a programming spec from a customer. They have no idea what they want, no idea what they need and no idea what can be done (which is usually more than they ever imagined). What they are, however, is completely confused and snowed over by cheap marketing jargon from vendors playing word games to skew the market under the disguise of computer science and technological advances. That's why it is absolutely critical for a design team to vet user input. Ruben > Thanks > > Marc Aylesworth > > C3I Associates > > AFRL/IFSE > > Joint Battlespace Infosphere Team > > 525 Brooks Rd > > Rome, NY 13441-4505 > > Tel:315.330.2422 > > Fax:315.330.7009 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben > Safir > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) > > On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 09:55 -0700, A. Forrey wrote: > > If the VistA Community is going to reach the rest of > > the world it needs to tell them how it will deal with this problem > > and > > then get on with it. > > Free Software projects just adapt to needs as developers precieve them, > which is frankly, a better idea than having development driven by > healthcare providers who are working under many misconceptions about the > limitations and capabilities of software. > > It is important to have a map. It is important to have a group and a > leader to vet out reasonable requests from the user community. > Ultimately, the satisfaction of healthcare providers based on the > performance of the WorldViSTA and Mumps products will be what swings > things. But letting the providers create the software map, that might > not be the best idea. > > Ruben > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
