Use Case Modeling

Chapter 12. Wrapping Up

In the preceding chapters, we have focused principally on use-case modeling as a technique for capturing and communicating requirements. Before we conclude, a few issues remain to be resolved: a quick overview on how use cases are used in the broader life cycle and a brief discussion of how use cases are developed across the project life cycle, especially in the context of an iterative software development life cycle. Finally, we conclude with a look toward the future, toward new ways of using use cases to develop solutions.

Use Cases and the Project Team

As we have shown in the previous chapters, use cases are a simple but powerful technique for capturing and communicating requirements. This is certainly important, but there ...