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Assessment of Object Oriented Modelling Elements of the UML

This article analyses and critically assess some UML modeling solutions with observations regarding types, interfaces and classifiers, and problems of associations semantics and notation. Well formedness rules, their format and role are also analyzed. Use case modeling is assessed through their role in eliciting user’s requirements, and dealing with the functionality of the system. Some …

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Business Use Case Model

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A business use case (BUC) model is the higher abstraction of the system use case model. In a BUC, business actors with specific business goals interact with other business actors. It is primarily an external view of the business model or area of interest. A system use case diagram, on the other hand, illustrates the …

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Transforming Use Cases to a More Formal Representation

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Use case modeling is a popular technique to elicit and model functional requirements of a software development project. In a use case driven development methodology, use cases are used as a basis to guide the development of UML design models. This article provides a model transformation approach to transform use cases descriptions written in a …

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Documenting Use Cases

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There is a lot of documentation associated with Use Cases that needs to be organized somehow. You want the documentation to be understandable, but you need other things as well. For example, you may want to be able to trace from System level to subordinate Use Cases, or from Use Cases to Scenarios to Test …

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Working with Use Cases Templates

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Clear use cases are a key success factor to understand what you want to develop. Having a good use cases template is another important condition to explain your requirements. This blog post provide 10 tips to developing, automating and publishing a great template that will improve your use cases documentation.