USAGE SCENARIOS
The following fictional scenarios illustrate problems that Randommite solves, and how the application may be used in a real life setting.
- Scenario 1: Kyle builds reporting softwareKyle is a software report writer for a small government contractor that has landed a million dollar contract to develop and deliver a new software system. Kyle is responsible for the output of the system – without his slick 3-D diagrams, charts, and reports – the new system will be worthless.
As the rest of the development team commences work on data acquisition and processing routines, Kyle is able to simultaneously start work on the reports. How is this possible, you may wonder? It is made possible because Kyle employs Randommite to generate the data he expects to receive once the system is up and running. Kyle knows from the program specifications what type of data to expect – he simply uses Randommite to generate tons of test data.
In the end, Kyle was able to develop and test the entire reporting section of the system before the rest of the team had completed the data acquisition routines. In fact, since the reporting system was complete – Kyle became a pivotal team member by assisting in debugging the front end. Thanks to his usage of Randommite, he was deemed a miracle worker and received an extra bonus when the entire project was delivered early. - Scenario 2: Jane compiles research data pointsJane is a biophysical research scientist writing an important thesis paper. Her paper is reliant on thousands of data points, which are being gathered by other research scientists sequestered in the middle of an Amazonian jungle. Jane plans on taking the data, running it through several self-written computer programs, and publishing the results.
Several months go by, and the deadline for Jane’s thesis is approaching. She is worried, as she still has yet to have received the thousands of required data points, and has been unable to test her programs. Jane knows what the data should look like, and attempts to start creating text files containing the values required for testing.
After a couple of days, it is apparent to Jane that this is an exercise in futility – there is no way she is going to be able to manually create thousands of realistic data points in a timely manner.
Lucky for Jane, she runs across Randommite while searching for a solution on the Internet. Jane downloads the program and within minutes she has generated not just one, but a dozen different files containing thousands of data points. It is so simple to generate data sets; she also generates bad data for testing too! She is able to thoroughly test out her custom software, and in the time saved went ahead and formatted the required charts and summary tables in her thesis using the test results.
A week later, Jane receives the actual data – and within a few days is able to complete her thesis paper and publish it on time. She made the deadline, thanks to Randommite. - Scenario 3: Craig produces marketing pamphletsCraig is a marketing professional, working for a large advertising agency on the 88th floor of a New Your skyscraper. He is working late putting together a large pamphlet of charts and graphs with a matching slide-show presentation. The presentation is for a multi-million dollar account, which is due the following morning – and he has yet to have received the market data required to generate the charts and graphs he must prepare.
To work around this, Craig decides to go ahead and make his charts and graphs by manually creating sets of data in Excel and producing the charts. After an hour of work, Craig has succeeded in creating just 5 of the 25 graphs required by morning. At this rate, he’ll never make it and the presentation will be a failure.
Creating the charts is the easy part; creating realistic data for the graphs is time consuming. Craig knows what good data looks like, but it takes a long time to create it by hand. He searches the web and discovers a program called Randommite, which will generate sets of data in user-defined ranges. Craig downloads the program and gives it a try. He is thrilled to learn that within minutes he is able to create all of the required sets of data, and within another couple of hours he has completed the required charts and graphs.
Craig goes home for the evening and returns to work in the morning. The actual data is ready, and he updates the pamphlets and presentations. The presentation is a success and Craig is a hero, because he was able to create the charts and graphs the evening before using Randommite’s randomly generated data that was similar to actual data.
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