From: Brian Palmer <brian@...>
Date: 2004-12-02T13:33:12+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] No-nonsense guide to Use Cases?

I haven't had a chance to read "Writing Effective Use Cases" yet, but 
it's definitely on my list. Cockburn came and spoke to my class recently 
about use cases and designing large software systems, and I was very, 
very impressed with his ideas and his manner of presenting them.

- Brian Palmer

Lyle Johnson wrote:

>All,
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>I have a basic understanding of what use cases are and their role in
>requirements modeling, but I'd like to learn more about this approach
>(with the hope that it would work well at my company). Can any of my
>friends in the Ruby Community recommend a good, no-nonsense guide to
>developing use cases (i.e. the book that Dave and Andy would write, if
>they were to write a book about use cases)?
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>Based on the editorial reviews at Amazon.com, Alistair Cockburn's book
>("Writing Effective Use Cases") sounds pretty good, but then again,
>the purpose of those editorial reviews is to make your book sound
>pretty good. ;) Would like to hear recommendations from anyone who's
>used such a book to get a handle on the proper care and feeding of use
>cases, and seen improvements in their requirements modeling as a
>result. Let me reiterate that I'm looking for a book that leans more
>towards practical application and less towards an academic treatment
>of the subject.
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>Thanks in advance,
>
>Lyle
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