Applying Use Cases : A Practical Guide (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)

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With the emergence of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) over the last few years, developers new to the advantages of thorough software-engineering practices now have a better notational system for designing more effective software. To use UML effectively, you will want to create use cases, which help describe the requirements of a system. In their concise and very readable book, the authors of Applying Use Cases show how use cases can benefit all aspects of the software-design process and let you create better software in less time.

This guide provides a case study for a mail-order business (with some e-commerce as well) as its central example. Use cases define how actors (i.e., users) are defined for all the various components of a mail-order business, including inventory, accounting, and order fulfillment. The authors suggest that while use cases are particularly useful at the beginning of a project cycle--for assessing risks and setting project timetables, for instance--they are also useful for testing and deployment of systems (specifically, for creating documentation and help manuals). The sample use cases--and supporting design documents--are what's best in this text. --Richard Dragan

Synopsis
Use Cases allow a system architect to identify the required features of a software system based upon how each end-user will "use" the system. This guide gives readers more control over the development of their projects, enabling them to deliver a software project on time and under budget.

From the Back Cover
Many projects struggle to define what the software is supposed to do, and endusers often find that the final product does not do what they expect. Use cases allow analysts to identify the required features of a software system based on how each enduser will use the system. This efficient and straightforward analysis process gives endusers direct input into the design of the system that will serve them.

Applying Use Cases provides a practical and clear introduction to developing use cases, demonstrating their use via a continuing case study. Using the Rational Software Development Process as a framework and the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for the notation, the authors step the reader through applying use cases in the different phases of the process, focusing on where and how use cases are applied.

Other highlights include:
* A collection of realistic examples showing how to apply use cases, drawn from the authors' extensive experience in this area
* A case study that offers insight into the common mistakes and pitfalls that can plague an object-oriented project
* An illustration of the new 1998 UML notation for diagramming use cases
* A practical "how-to" discussion on applying use cases to identify system requirements

About the Author
Geri Schneider worked as a software engineering specialist for Rational Software Corporation, where she mentored customers in use case analysis, as well as object-oriented analysis and design and iterative development processes. She is now owner and head consultant for Wyyzzk Training and Consulting. She trains, mentors, and consults in use cases as well as the areas of OO process, management, analysis and design, patterns, and UML. Geri also teaches in the software engineering management certificate program at the UC Santa Cruz Extension.

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