Re: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
I assume that by ACT you mean activity? This is interesting because it's a case in which I find my instinct and intuition at odds. My basic instinct as a developer is to break it up into a (possibly cyclic) sequence of (timed?) events. My intuition, on the other hand, is that on the

Re: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread A. Forrey
With respect to the term Life Cycle Model we must remember that we are speaking of the representation of the processes and activities that will lead, over the lifetime of the envisioned system, to the trajectory of system configurations. There will be the general form of processes and

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Thurman Pedigo
Gregory Woodhouse said: I assume that by ACT you mean activity? Yes - ACT essentially means build the widget. This is interesting because it's a case in which I find my instinct and intuition at odds. My basic instinct as a developer is to break it up into a (possibly cyclic) sequence of

Re: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Greg Woodhouse
It's not too long, perhaps a bit confusing because I'm not familiar with all the listed standards, but that's a different matter. I know very well what is meant by the term life cycle, and I should perhaps clarify that when I speak of implementation, I am referring to implementation of support

Re: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread A. Forrey
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Greg Woodhouse wrote: It's not too long, perhaps a bit confusing because I'm not familiar with all the listed standards, but that's a different matter. I know very well what is meant by the term life cycle, and I should perhaps clarify that when I speak of implementation,

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Jim Self
Thurman wrote: Gregory Woodhouse said: I assume that by ACT you mean activity? Yes - ACT essentially means build the widget. That's not how I read the reference you gave at http://www.balancedscorecard.org/bkgd/pdca.html quote * PLAN: Design or revise business process components to improve

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Jim Self
To: Hardhats Subject: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models I'm not sure that everyone is familiar with the concept of a life cycle model. Software development is traditionally divided into a number of phases: 1. requirements analysis 2. design 3. coding 4. documentation 5. testing 6. maintenance

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Thurman Pedigo
, 2005 2:38 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models Thurman wrote: Gregory Woodhouse said: I assume that by ACT you mean activity? Yes - ACT essentially means build the widget. That's not how I read the reference you gave at http

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Thurman Pedigo
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Self Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:03 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models Agree with the concepts. My interest here

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Greg Woodhouse
managing. --- Thurman Pedigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Self Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:03 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-29 Thread Thurman Pedigo
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Woodhouse Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:13 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models I know this is a caricature, but I keep thinking of, If you raised your chair 1

[Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-28 Thread Greg Woodhouse
I'm not sure that everyone is familiar with the concept of a life cycle model. Software development is traditionally divided into a number of phases: 1. requirements analysis 2. design 3. coding 4. documentation 5. testing 6. maintenance (Of course, this list could be elaborated/expanded.) Life

Re: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-28 Thread A. Forrey
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Greg Woodhouse wrote: I'm not sure that everyone is familiar with the concept of a life cycle model. Software development is traditionally divided into a number of phases: 1. requirements analysis 2. design 3. coding 4. documentation 5. testing 6. maintenance

Re: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-28 Thread Greg Woodhouse
Yes...I thought about expanding this list, but wanted to keep it simple. In retrospect, I think you are right that this is an element that I should have included. --- A. Forrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Validation/Verification is another process in the Principles. Check http://www.swebok.org

RE: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models

2005-06-28 Thread Thurman Pedigo
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Woodhouse Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:57 AM To: Hardhats Subject: [Hardhats-members] Life cycle models I'm not sure that everyone is familiar with the concept of a life cycle model. Software development