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0404 - Summary/Objective
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040501 - Follow up ref SDS 6 0000, ref SDS 5 0000.
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0408 - Progress
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040901 - Line Numbers Well Ordered Record Precision Access Convincing Evidence
040902 - Experience Convincing Evidence Line Numbers Well Ordered Record
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040904 - Received a letter from Morris responding to a letter earlier this
040905 - evening offering assistance understanding requirements for flexible
040906 - structure using line numbers for a well ordered record, ref SDS 6
040907 - 0Z9V; this was discussed a few days ago on 080606. ref SDS 5 2C5I  The
040908 - letter to Morris also asked about clarifying his request for "use
040909 - cases." ref SDS 6 0Z8U
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040912 - Morris says...
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040914 -    1.  Subject:  SDS Use Cases
040915 -        Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:38:39 -0700
040920 -         ..
040921 -    2.  Rod,
040923 -         ..
040924 -    3.  I did not say...
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040926 -        500489 - "Morris seemed to relate today that a few years ago Intel considered
040927 -        500490 - developing technology to improve health care.  But this effort was
040928 -        500491 - abandoned because lawyers issued an opinion that HIPAA regulations to
040929 -        500492 - protect patient privacy prevent patients from using technology and
040930 -        500493 - services that improve quality care."
040932 -         ..
040933 -    4.  You added the "prevent patients from using technology" from
040934 -        some other discussion.
040936 -  ..
040937 - Morris provides an example using line numbers to facilitate
040938 - discussion, which Morris asked about during the meeting on 080606.
040939 - ref SDS 5 2C5I
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040943 - Line Numbers Well Ordered Record Conflicts Experience Publishing Documents
040944 - Wordprocessing Documents Not Convincing Evidence Line Numbers Needed
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040947 - Morris' letter continues...
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040949 -    5.  Line numbers are dead.  You have failed to convince me of the
040950 -        use or need.  I understand you are comfortable with them, but
040951 -        since they change every time you save the record, they have no
040952 -        long term use.
040954 -  ..
040955 - Morris discussed during the meeting on 080206 that experience using
040956 - wordprocessing cannot convince people about benefits of a well ordered
040957 - record using line numbers. ref SDS 4 RT9I  The publishing paradigm
040958 - that conflicts with flexible structure was reviewed. ref SDS 4 6F9G
040959 - Morris asked at that time on 080206 how SDS makes linking fast and
040960 - easy, and could not be convinced that the structure of knowledge
040961 - begins with a well ordered record. ref SDS 4 NB5H
040963 -  ..
040964 - Comments today in this part of the letter on eliminating use of line
040965 - numbers that conflict with the first part which relies on line
040966 - numbers, rather than apply explicit links, seem convincing evidence
040967 - that experience using wordprocessing to publish attractive documents,
040968 - explained in the record on 890523. ref SDS 1 JY7O, makes understanding
040969 - requirements for flexible structure to provide a well ordered record
040970 - very difficult, also set out on 890523. ref SDS 1 OP4H
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040974 - Use Case Requirements Clarified for SDS Windows Application
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040977 - Morris' letter continues...
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040979 -    6.  A use case is not a feature list.  It is more like:
040981 -         ..
040982 -    7.  To create a record, you sit at the computer, access the
040983 -        schedule, select a record, clone it forward, and begin editing.
040985 -         ..
040986 -    8.  To schedule an action item, the user ...
040988 -         ..
040989 -    9.  To add a reference, the user ...
040991 -         ..
040992 -   10.  To remove an item from the calendar, the user ...
040994 -         ..
040995 -   11.  To get a report of delinquent action items owed the user ...
040997 -         ..
040998 -   12.  The actual mechanisms aren't as important as the "uses".  The
040999 -        program should provide a reasonable way to perform the uses of
041000 -        importance.
041002 -         ..
041003 -   13.  Typically a table format is included:
041005 -         ..
041006 -   14.  This email is text, so I won't show a table:
041007 -
041008 -               UseCaseName:
041009 -               UseCaseDescription:
041010 -               UseCaseFrequency:
041011 -               UseCaseImportance:
041012 -               AlternateTechniques:
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041015 -   15.  The list is used to understand how the end user "uses" the
041016 -        software, and how important each thing is.  The alternate
041017 -        technique helps one consider if other methods exist that could
041018 -        be "used" also.
041020 -         ..
041021 -   16.  The exact mechanism is not important, the use is important.
041022 -        Pushing function keys, clicking on a mouse, or hitting a key
041023 -        are implementation, not uses.
041025 -         ..
041026 -   17.  A use case should have user action --> data or diplay change.
041028 -         ..
041029 -   18.  How the user action occurs, and the exact format of the display or data is
041030 -        not important to the use case.
041032 -         ..
041033 -   19.  Hope this helps,
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