> Can you provide a real working example ? > Because no one has ever done that for me. > Even if you can, can you provide 2 or three examples ? > I would think again on the "never working with inteliigent people" part. > Can you or anyone, prove that this works *more often than not* ? > I'm at the point that people say this and that, but know one has > *ever* seen it working. > The whole idea seems like a bunch of crap, anyone who has ever done > any real programming knows that the world is much different than that > (mine is, at least). > But I'm willing to be wrong.
A couple of decades ago I learned a lot about structured analysis, structured design, blah, blah. UML is the same stuff, basically. Here's the scoop: as a system designed by geniuses to be performed by idiots it is a complete failure. If you're an idiot you just follow the rules and don't understand why and that never works. If you're intelligent and you're following rules made for idiots then you're an idiot after all. The only way out is to understand the principles involved and apply them in a way that works for you, in your situation. A pad of paper may be helpful also. I'm really glad I learned about analysis and design, and daily I use things I learned, but no way in hell am I following any Methodlogy. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [email protected] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation
