Writing Effective Use Cases by Alistair Cockburn

Writing Effective Use Cases



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Page: 249
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN: 0201702258, 9780201702255


Alistair Cockburn, an expert on use cases describes in “Writing Effective Use Cases” (2001) that a “fully dressed” use case is not always appropriate. A nice reference sheet can be found at Alistair's website. €�Writing Effective Use Cases”, by Alistair Cockburn, is an excellent reading for those who want to learn the art of writing good behavioral specifications in the form of use cases. In the past, I have produced use cases – in their written form – to specify detailed system functionality (taking my guidance from Cockburn's Writing Effective Use Cases). Alistair Cockburn's in his pivotal book “Writing Effective Use Cases” describes five levels of use cases (a use case isn't exactly a user story, but this concept is a great parallel for writing user stories at an appropriate level). Without having the proper understanding of use cases and the purpose of writing one, writing an effective case to elicit functional requirements can be pretty…useless. I urge you to find an approach that works even better for you. I'm still surprised how few people know how to write good user stories, it's quite simple, but it needs practise and this books is a great guide. I was looking for “the” book on user stories. I received this book on Tuesday and had finished reading it by Thursday. An excellent and practical reference on writing use cases is "Writing Effective Use Cases," by Alistair Cockburn, part of the Agile Software Development Series, ISBN 0-201-70225-8. The use case analysis for SPIN will be based on Alistair Cockburn's book "Writing Effective Use Cases". Writing Effective Use Cases (Alistair Cockburn) Link. Below is a use case based on his “Casual Use Case” structure. A use case needs “stuff” behind it to describe it. A use case diagram is a behavior diagram, so each use case needs its behavior described. If I wanted to recommend “the” book for use cases, it was “Writing Effective Use Cases” by Alistair Cockburn.