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Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition
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Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and the Unified Process, Second Edition

by Craig Larman
July 2001
Intermediate to advanced
656 pages
15h 51m
English
Pearson
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6.10. Congratulations: Use Cases Have Been Written, and Are Imperfect

The Need for Communication and Participation

The NextGen POS team is writing use cases in multiple requirements workshops over a series of short development iterations, incrementally adding to the set, and refining and adapting based on feedback. Subject matter experts, cashiers, and programmers actively participate in the writing process. There are no intermediaries between the cashiers, other users, and the developers; rather, there is direct communication.

Good, but not good enough. Written requirement specifications give the illusion of correctness; they are not. The use cases and other requirements still will not be correct—guaranteed. They will lack critical information ...

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