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The language of shepherding. A pattern language for shepherds and sheep
(1999)
Аннотация
Many of us have submitted patterns to our colleagues for feedback prior to a writers’ workshop or other type of review. In fact, at PLoP conferences, all submissions are subjected to shepherding before they are evaluated for acceptance. Unfortunately, the quality of shepherding varies widely. Some people receive extremely helpful comments, but others receive only cursory remarks, and a "Looks good" endorsement.
Yet shepherding can be a very powerful tool for improving patterns. It can go well beyond hints for grammar and usage, even to the heart of the work being shepherded. In fact, shepherding can turn a paper about a solution into a pattern. But it requires more than a casual reading by the shepherd: it requires attention, and actions such as the ones described in the patterns below.
These patterns have been gleaned from significant experience with shepherding, both as a shepherd and as a "sheep". This experience is augmented with experience in giving and receiving feedback for non-pattern technical works, from teaching, and from observing. The patterns should help you become a better shepherd, both in a formal pattern shepherding setting and in other situations.
