FW: [OT] good & bad use cases

Interesting characterization of good and bad use cases from the GRDDL List...

---Vipul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-grddl-wg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-grddl-wg-
> request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Danny Ayers
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 4:57 AM
> To: GRDDL Working Group
> Subject: [OT] good & bad use cases
> 
> Spotted via Bill deHora,
> 
> http://alistair.cockburn.us/index.php/Sampler_of_good_%26_bad_use_cases
> 
>  - a collection including the following advice:
> 
> Good use cases...
> ... are
> 
> Text
> 
> No GUI
> 
> No data formats
> 
> 3 - 9 steps in main scenario
> 
> Easy to read
> 
> At user's goal level
> 
> A record of decisions made
> 
> '... 'aren't
> 
> UML use case diagrams
> 
> describing the GUI
> 
> describing data formats
> 
> multiple-page main scenario
> 
> complicated to read
> 
> at program-feature level
> 
> a tutorial on the domain
> 
> --
> 
> http://dannyayers.com





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Received on Thursday, 1 March 2007 11:11:44 UTC