Re: Usefulness of UML?

From: Marc Antheunis (ask_me_at_ask.me)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:36:17 +0100

very well said!

"Kostya" <thanks@but_no_thanks.com> schreef in bericht
news:424277a6$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>I have a theory here. If one is incapable
> of expressing their designs using simplest
> tools (text and some drawings) then they
> better stay away from designing at all.
>
> Some of the elements are useful of course.
> When designing protocols for example it
> is easier accomplished using concepts of
> State Machines and it can also serve as
> a good documentation. But those concepts were
> here for ages before UML and you do not need
> megabuck costing tools to use such concepts.
>
> I know UML and related technologies/tools
> only for one reason. Our Enterprise clients
> did not like when we do not sprinkle our
> talk with all those modern words (whatever
> that be at the moment) or do not bring them a
> documents that were compliant with Rational
> Unified Process. On a side note some of them
> would shy away when we explain them how much
> strict adherence to those standards would
> cost them and told us - you have the experience
> (and we did) so organize design and development
> however you see fit.
>
> Personally I think that "UML everything" is
> little bit more then propaganda to extract
> money from pockets of the people that are
> incapable of accomplishing tasks so they are
> trying to hide behind those tools.
>
> Kostya

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