Actually, I was the one who suggested something like, "person doing the scanning" which is what I thought the original poster was trying to say. Scanner settings seems like it refers to hardware.
In Sean's use of names, wouldn't that get confusing in the case of multiple people with different roles? Uma (the network admin) and John (the user) could be ambiguous without their titles. I can see where actors could help solidify some concepts, but I don't think they would be the best in all situations. Thomas Johnson Microline Technology Corp. Traverse City, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Hower Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 12:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TCP] Ending use of end-user > Thomas Johnson wrote: > The administrator establishes the scanner settings. Top-drawer solution. :-) Which then brings up yet another point, why say user when using such a term can be avoided while not affecting clarity, accuracy, and concision. I've moved into a business analsyt role and one of the things that I've done is create user roles--for the software that I am working with there are about 10 or so different "users"--and have begun talking in terms of these roles. I am taking this one step further and, in my scenarios I will be using actors (by name) to represent each of these roles. My hope is that eventually our development team will move away from saying user and referring to these user classes by name. So, we can ask ourselves if Uma will need a certain piece of functionality or if John will find a piece of functionality difficult. These are more than user classes but less than personas. ******************************************** Sean Hower - communications specialist http://www.seanhower.com _____________________________________________________________ Create your own web site for FREE at http://www.freehomepage.com _______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals To post a message to the list, send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com or, via email, send a blank message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the TCP site at http://www.techcommpros.com To find out more about the list, including archives and your account options, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com If you need assistance with the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals To post a message to the list, send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com or, via email, send a blank message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the TCP site at http://www.techcommpros.com To find out more about the list, including archives and your account options, visit http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com If you need assistance with the list, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
