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Top Ten Use Case Mistakes

Posted on: January 26, 2006February 19, 2007

The top ten use case mistakes We’re reiterating the top five use case mistakes from Top five use case blunders and adding five more. For details on the first five, go back to that post. There’s also a poll at the end of this post – vote for the worst […]

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Use case series: UML 2.0 use case diagrams

Posted on: December 26, 2005March 10, 2008

The UML way to organize and manage use cases. Pros Provides a high level view of the use cases in a system, solution, or application. Clearly shows which actors perform which use cases, and how use cases combine to form business processes Cons Presents an “inside-out” view of the sytem. […]

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Top Five Use Case Blunders

Posted on: December 23, 2005February 21, 2007

The five most common use case mistakes. The list has grown to ten, but check out these top five – the worst of the worst.

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Use case series: Informal Use Case

Posted on: December 21, 2005February 19, 2007

The informal use case is the tool of the Agile Requirements Manager. It is a paragraph describing the user’s goals and steps. Also referred to as a basic use case.

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Use Case Series: Formal Use Case

Posted on: December 20, 2005February 19, 2007

This is the classic use case as described by someone who talks about Software Engineering. All of the training classes (other than Agile classes) that I’ve been to teach formal use case development as a component in a system of requirements management.

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Use Case Series: Introduction

Posted on: December 18, 2005February 20, 2007

Use cases can be difficult to talk about, because they immediately invoke so many different preconceptions and prejudices. High school English teachers know that some words aren’t just words – they are symbolic, and represent ideas. They had us write essays like “Who do I think is a hero” and […]

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