gathering use cases

[Sameer Verma]

To clarify, by use case, we mean a way to describe the interaction of
people with a system. In this case, it may be how a child interacts with
the XO, and the XS (via XO) or how a teacher may interact with the XS (via
XO or otherwise) by using Moodle.

As you may have noticed, pretty much every response on this thread focuses
on the system, with the assumption that the user end of it is understood
well. I am not so sure.

Take a look at http://www.gatherspace.com/static/use_case_example.html to
see if it helps you understand the idea behind use cases and user stories.

Here's another example of how use cases can vary by being very high level
(which is what we are aiming for) and can be user centric or system
centric. http://www.agilemodeling.com/artifacts/systemUseCase.htm

Our focus is user centric, in a way where we would like to describe the
actors (children, parents, teachers, admin, etc) and their actions (access
class information, read books, send email) without the XS as the focus.
Networking topology, storage, UI, LMS, DNS, etc. should flow from the
storytelling exercise.

We are a bunch of technologists and it is easy to get carried away by
designing from the tech and not the user end. Sometimes that misses the
mark. We may build it and they may not come.

cheers,
Sameer


On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at laptop.org.au>wrote:

> On 9 November 2012 10:19, Tony Anderson <tony at olenepal.org> wrote:
> > Hi, Sridhar
> >
> > Thanks for the clarification. I guess I was mislead by statements such
> as:
> >
> > The platform for the One Network server is an ARMv7-based XO, running the
> > One Education OS (based on OLPC OS). This makes development, and
> deployment
> > and support far simpler than a standalone distribution. The OS can be
> > extended with server capabilities using a bootable USB Customisation
> Stick
> > (offline) or yum.
> >
> > Please accept my apology if any statement I have made seemed uncivil,
> that
> > was certainly not my intention. Communicating by email in certainly much
> > more hazardous in this regard than face-to-face.
>
> Thank you, Tony. I was quite careful to take your needs into account
> when I wrote the design doc, so I had trouble understanding your
> opposition to the idea.
>
> Maybe we can make the doc clearer somehow? I structured it as:
>
>   1. context
>   2. Community XS design
>   3. One Network server
>
> The Community XS design itself is flexible enough to handle a variety
> of different deployments' needs. One Network server is merely one
> configuration of the Community XS, mentioned as an example of what can
> be done.
>
>
> > Just as the deployments you are supporting have specific and urgent
> needs,
> > so do the ones I am working with. I don't believe either of us is
> pursuing
> > personal desires. We certainly can easily differ on which is the
> appropriate
> > technical approach to solving the problems of a deployment.
>
> I think we generally want the same thing in the end. I'm happy to
> continue the conversation to improve the design and implementation. I
> sincerely believe that this design can accommodate your needs.
>
>
> > I really appreciate this specification:
> >
> >
> >   * this is a flexible design, built on Fedora
> >   * it will run anywhere where x86 or ARM Fedora will work
> >   * it can be installed on top of an existing Fedora installation
> > using 'yum groupinstall xsce'
> >   * being designed in this way provides extreme flexibility for
> deployments
> >   * all current features of the XS (Moodle, etc.) will be ported, but
> > will be optional
> >   * installation and configuration will be easy, but sysadmins will be
> > able to treat it like any Fedora installation
>
> Awesome. I hope this also satisfies your desire to have it rebased to
> Fedora to work on ARM systems. That's a key goal of this project,
> while maintaining compatibility with x86.
>
>
> > There is clearly a great deal to be gained by a community taking
> > responsibility for the ongoing development and maintenance of the school
> > server as neither Daniel Drake nor Martin Langhoff are likely to have
> > adequate time for this in the foreseeable future.
>
> Indeed. A motivating factor was to take some of the load off some of
> these prolific people and spread it out to the community in a
> sustainable way.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Sridhar
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