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Old Apr 6th, 2006, 11:48 AM   #4
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Well, it depends what the professors want from you. At the end of the day, you should design software for the needs of your customers. In the workplace these will be paying consumers and businesses. At college these will be the people assessing your work.

It's not all that simple, however. It could be that your "guides" want you to design your system with an end-user in mind. Given this, the fact that you're thinking about hypothetical end-users will doubtless impress those who set you the task. But you also have to take into account that your idea of what end-users require may differ from what your guide thinks an end-user will require. In such a case, it helps to think up ways to justify your point of view.
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