On our last project we pushed very hard to get a proper design done. We used CRC, exported that to Rose and then finally to VFP. It made a really big difference in the development.

The biggest advantage to me was that (as it always does) the specifications changed, the application was designed well enough that we were still within the framework of our design.

The design phase is so esential.

>>Hi Nancy :-*
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>>>If I could get someone (other than you all) to agree that *even* a dataentry form needs a design phase, I'd be thrilled! < rofl > Ah well, back to the grind stone!
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>>Man, don't I know it. We should have an online pow-wow some day to consider developmental and analytical standards......personally, I prefer ErWin and Rational Rose as analysis tools but.....
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>Even a pencil-and-paper design phase beats many clients' feeling that a design phase is unnecessary!