Re: [AM] A small success and a large irony

To use or not to use tools - is the very easy questions, as soon as using
tools does not become one's primary objective. It's like to walk or drive or
take a bus - a question with a lot of contributing factors, but really easy
to answer in every particular case.

Alex Jouravlev,
Business Abstraction, Sydney

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Subject: Re: [AM] A small success and a large irony


> You shouldn't get hung up on not using tools!  We often use Visio or a
> simple sequence-chart tool, with a projector or NetMeeting, for
> collaborative modeling.
>
> Hand-drawn diagrams create inertia - once you've got a complex diagram,
> the notion of redrawing it to insert a change becomes unappealing.
>
> More complicated tools also have their charms - if you've got bunch of
> diagrams showing different views of the same components and their
> interactions, the ability to change a name in one place and have the
> change propagate through the other diagrams is very attractive, as is
> the ability to use an interface in an interaction diagram and have the
> tool notice that it isn't a defined method of the component and let you
> add it automatically.  Good tools can increase your low-level agility.
>
> You don't have to over-model just because you're using capable tools.
>
> scott
>
> Thanks, Scott.  Excellent points. The first really good pro-tools posting
I've seen. I was getting the feeling that the list was somewhat anti-tool
with the white board and disposable models. In this case however it's
somewhat amusing. The company culture is one that will not allow non-IS
personnel to have tools like that - not even Visio.  That was why I pushed
into a white board approach.
> But it does bring up one aspect:  how do you do successful collaboration
all gathered around a single monitor?  Say you have 15 people of different
stripes on the team.  Is there a collaboration/design tool that can
communicate on the many levels of those needing to share information?
(Business analysts, programmers, managers, users, etc.)  And do so without
having to crowd around a couple of monitors in a conference room?
> -steve
>
> For more information about AM, visit the Agile Modeling Home Page at
www.agilemodeling.com
>
>

For more information about AM, visit the Agile Modeling Home Page at www.agilemodeling.com
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