%!METHOD: What is it like to be <AN ELEVATOR>?
% METHOD: What is it like to be AN ELEVATOR?

% REMEMBER:

% WHAT: Understanding software systems by becoming them
( TODO: extend this text .... how to observe software in the world around you. How to observe an everyday software experience and translate this into a flowchart )
% HOW: Creating a flowchart to incarnate a software system you use everyday
% WHEN:
% WHO:
% URGENCY:
% NOTE:

% WARNING: Uninformed members of the public may panic when confronted with a software performance in a closed space.

Example: What is it like to be an elevator?
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For example:
    
what  
is  
it  
like   
to  
be  
an  
elevator?

"from 25th floor to 1st floor"


light on button light of 25th floor

check current floor

if current floor is 25th floor

no

if current floor is ... 

go one floor up

... smaller than 25th floor

go one floor down

... bigger than 25th floor

stop elevator

turn button light off of 25th floor

turn door light on

open door of elevator

play sound opening sequence  

yes

start

user pressed button of 25th floor

close door of elevator 

if door is closed

user pressed 1st floor button

start timer for door closing  

if timer is running more than three seconds

yes

yes

light on button

go one floor down 

no

if current floor is 1st floor

update floor indicator 

check current floor 

stop elevator 

no

yes

light off button

turn door light on

open door of elevator

play sound opening sequence  

end

update floor indicator

% http://observatory.constantvzw.org/documents/joseph/flowchart.pdf
% http://observatory.constantvzw.org/documents/joseph/flowchart.svg
% include Images from performance?

% SEEALSO:

% SOURCE: Developed by Joseph Knierzinger, Michaela Lakova + Other Members of the SSOGY Group