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Article #573Re: Summary and review of ``Reading All About Computerization''
From: Paul Eggert
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 03:08
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1991 03:08
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>I am very curious to know which "half dozen other" >classification schemes you actually find much more useful, >and specificlly in what ways and why. I didn't say ``much more useful'', I just asked why the paper's classification was any better. Here are six schemes off the top of my head, together with brief examples of their use. expert vs novice _audience_ One can usually ignore expert material if one is a novice, and vice versa. expert vs novice _writer_ One can usually ignore writers who know little about the subject. policy vs mechanism vs verification Policy is ``What should the system do?''; mechanism is ``What technical means should it use?''; verification is ``How do we know the mechanism implements the policy?''. These issues are all important at different stages of building a collaborative system; distinguishing them clarifies design and avoids pointless arguments. short-term vs long-term view One can usually ignore old literature that talks about short-term issues. technology-driven vs market-driven One can usually ignore market research if one is trying to derive a technological solution to a known problem; and vice versa. Who is the sponsor? One should not be surprised when an author from organization X evaluates X's system positively.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucla-cs!twinsun!eggert From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) Newsgroups: comp.groupware,comp.infosystems Subject: Re: Summary and review of ``Reading All About Computerization'' Message-ID: <1991Jun22.030814.320@twinsun.com> Date: 22 Jun 91 03:08:14 GMT References: <9106191945.aa10061@ics.uci.edu> Sender: usenet@twinsun.com Organization: Twin Sun, Inc Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: ata