From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
Subject: Re: Problem space and solution space
Date: 13 May 2003 22:15:46 +0100
Date: 2003-05-13T22:15:46+01:00 [thread overview]
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"Alexandre E. Kopilovitch" <aek@vib.usr.pu.ru> writes:
> "Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@attbi.com> wrote:
> >working on our (Ada) compiler: "No, in Ada you model the problem
> >space, not the solution space." I then excused myself for a minute
> >to write it on my office whiteboard.
>
> Suddenly I realized that this statement has even more value that I
> thought when I saw it yesterday first time. Naming "solution space"
> explicitly, and placing it at the same level (within the statement)
> with "problem space" leads to very interesting glimpse: potentially,
> parts of "solution space" may be viewed as a "problem space" of
> software development process, and with that view some shaky or too
> empirical things in software engineering arsenal can acquire more or
> less solid ground (and thus be used in less chaotic manner).
See also http://www.omg.org/mda/
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2003-05-13 1:40 Problem space and solution space Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2003-05-13 10:56 ` Mário Amado Alves
2003-05-13 21:15 ` Simon Wright [this message]
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2003-05-14 2:16 Alexandre E. Kopilovitch
2003-05-14 4:37 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-05-19 11:02 ` Craig Carey
2003-05-28 3:34 Amir Yantimirov
2003-05-29 2:22 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-05-29 2:56 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
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