[Tfug] UML packages

[cara]

UML seems useful based on the process that is in place for software in your
company. Do you collect requirements? have design meetings? create a
datamodel? follow CMMI? etc.

UML tends (IMHO) to be rather useless for constantly moving targets like
research code. No matter what, it is good to learn it or what it is because
many companies use it.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Andrew Ayre <andy at britishideas.com> wrote:

> Claude Rubinson wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 04:17:56PM -0700, Liz_Ravenwood at beaerospace.comwrote:
>>
>>> Is it worth it to learn how to use it for professional development?
>>>
>>
>> If, like me, you're not driven to learn new technologies then what you
>> need to do is examine what your needs are--find out where you're
>> repeating yourself, wasting time, not being as efficient as you could
>> be--and then figure out ways to address that.
>>
>
> In my particular area of work the field is never standing still for long. I
> like to learn new things, even if they have no direct, obvious or immediate
> application because I will be aware of them when encountering future
> problems, and they may help me solve that problem or see it in a different
> way, a way that I wouldn't have known about.
>
> I think that learning about new technologies or processes also helps a
> person to continue to be marketable for future employers.
>
> I've come across situations in the past where I started to look at
> something new that I just decided to investigate and found an immediate use
> for it in my work. If you don't look into something how will you know that
> it could be useful?
>
> I suspect that the members of this list have a wide range of jobs and
> problems they solve. I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all approach.
> Some may have looked at UML and found it to be useless for them. Others may
> have found it to have unlocked doors to problems.
>
> Personally I have no experience with UML, except for creating UML-like
> diagrams to describe databases.
>
> Andy
>
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