Efficient Use Case Review Process for Software Development
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Discover flaws in use cases, validate through final reviews. Informal and formal reviews conducted for feedback and approval. Walkthroughs lead participants step-by-step, gain crucial feedback, more effective than sending out use cases for review. Learn when to hold reviews, how to motivate participants, who should attend, and the essentials for a successful review meeting. Ensure actors and use cases have meaningful names, convey main messages, provide value. Address interface issues early using prototypes and storyboards.
Efficient Use Case Review Process for Software Development
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SYS366 Use Case Review
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Use Case Reviews • Seeks to uncover flaws in use cases • Final review might validate use cases • Involves relevant stakeholders SYS366
Types of Reviews • Informal • Take the form of a walkthough • Can be conducted multiple times in the development cycle to get feedback • Formal • Usually for approval, not for feedback • Often approves the results of the informal review which preceded it SYS366
Walkthoughs • Lead participants through use case step-by-step • Can use storyboards to show steps in user interface dialogs • Gain important feedback from participants • More effective than sending out use cases for review SYS366
When to Hold Reviews • Informal • Often, to get feedback • Part of the iterative development process • Formal • Once, at the end of requirements preparation SYS366
Motivation • Many participants will not want to review use cases or not see the purpose • Motivate them! • Invite only those who need to be there • Explain why their input is needed • Explain the goals and the use case process • Explain what they have to do • Show them what’s in it for them SYS366
Who Should Attend • Use case analysts • Related developers • Testers • People from related business area • No more that 4-7 people in total SYS366
The Review Meeting • Moderator • Chairs the meeting and keeps it on track • Author • The creator of the use case who can provide additional details • Recorder • Takes minutes of the meeting • Participants • Those providing feedback SYS366
Things to Check • Actors and use cases have meaningful names • Use case diagrams convey the main message • Each use case provides value • Actors without use cases and vice versa • No communication between actors SYS366
Interface Issues • Prototypes and storyboards provide feedback on the user interface • Allow interface problems to be detected early • Help participants visualize how the system will work SYS366