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<div>I also find that by using google images and searching for DFD's, this also yields some excellent learning and teaching tools. Perhaps as I have small class size it's easier that way?</div>
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On 26/02/2013, at 8:53 AM, "Mark" <<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com">mark@vceit.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Kevork. One learns something new every day!
<div>I wouldn't introduce this complexity to our kids' DFDs and UCDs, however.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 25 February 2013 13:24, Kevork KROZIAN <span dir="ltr">
<<a href="mailto:kkrozian@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">kkrozian@ringwoodsc.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hi James,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I just opened <i>Use Cases Requirements in Context</i> by Daryl Kulak and Eamonn Guiney and p 39 states:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">“ It is often hard to decide which actors to show on a use case diagram. For example,, when a supplier provides an invoice to a company clerk and the clerk enters the invoice into the system, should the supplier
be included in the diagram ? If the supplier is shown it is called a <i>secondary</i> actor. Our rule is that the supplier should be shown in the diagram if the supplier’s behaviour impacts the system in any way. For example, if a supplier sends a shipment
late and that changes how the system reacts, then the supplier should be in the diagram.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">In a restaurant a waiter can’t interact with the ordering system until the customer places the order. A delay does not change the response from the system. The waiter would appear in the UCD but not the DFD
which would show the customer – the supplier or source of the data or the order. I wouldn’t place the waiter in the DFD as they are not the source of the data.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Perhaps you can offer details of your textbook if anyone wants to get a hold of it .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Just my take on the discussion</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Kind Regards</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Kevork Krozian</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Tel: 0419 356 034</span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Vella, James<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 25 February 2013 10:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:sofdev@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">sofdev@edulists.com.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Year 12 SofDev] DFDs</span></p>
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<p><a name="13d134b7f6f50ba7_13d0f2be36291d32__MailEndCompose"><span lang="EN-US">Strictly speaking as someone who did DFDs at uni…</span></a><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">As Mark has said, we sometimes think in a human sense however DFDs don’t allow us to see the interactions between two EEs.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">As Selina has said, the waiter is just the input method – so we can leave it out. I think our students sometimes find it hard at this stage where they have to decide what should and shouldn’t be included in our DFDs.
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<p><span lang="EN-US">In terms of the DFD, you could argue either way for one or the other….but NOT BOTH!
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<p><span lang="EN-US">That being said, in the UCD you can list both as actors because they both have roles in the system.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">I have a whole text book on this stuff from my 2<sup>nd</sup> year at LaTrobe which I’m using with my kids at the moment…DFDs, UCDs, UML the whole kit and caboodle!</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Regards</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Mr James Vella</span></p>
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