Sunday, January 28, 2007
Document Case Studies With D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T
A CHECKLIST FOR DOCUMENT ENGINEERING CASE STUDIES AND NEWS STORIES
D -- data types and document types
O -- organizational transactions and processes
C -- context (e.g., types of products or services, industry, geography, regulatory considerations)
U -- user types and special user requirements
M -- models, patterns, or standards that apply or that are needed
E -- enterprises and ecosystems (e.g., trading communities, standards bodies)
N -- the needs (business case) driving the enterprise(s)
T -- technology constraints and opportunities
I think the only one of these that might be unfamiliar is the C for context. I'm using it in the sense developed during the ebXML initiative. about 2000. In my Document Engineering book with Tim McGrath we explain "Context" in Chapter 8 this way:
The ebXML project proposed eight context dimensions.
I don't think this idea of "context 8-space" is workable, but it is useful to think of a "context" as a cluster or pattern of high-level requirements and that's the sense I'm using it as the C in the case study checklist.
In any case, the first assignment in my Document Engineering course this semester requires the students to analyze a case study or news story using the D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T checklist. So we'll see if it works and I might ask them if I can post some of their stories and analyses here so you too can help decide how useful this mnemonic is.
-Bob Glushko
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