Thanks, Debby,
Looks like a good article to get newcombers to Use Cases on the right track.
Dik van Leeuwen
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From: Yakov, Debby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday 28 February 2001 22:09
Subject: RE: (ROSE) Rules for well formed use cases...
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>
>
> Others have already responded with sources providing rules for good use
> cases. On the flip side, you may find the following article by Susan Lilly
> on avoiding common pitfalls in writing use cases helpful:
>
> http://www.sdmagazine.com/articles/2000/0001/0001d/0001d.htm?topic=uml
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Williamson, Rusty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 9:58 AM
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> Subject: (ROSE) Rules for well formed use cases...
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>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to come up with some rules for creating good, well formed use
> cases. I'm referring to concrete use cases - ones directly connected to
> actors. Our people are new to UML and use cases and keep coming up with
> use
> cases like "Enter Line Item" (not a complete function), "Make Change" (not
> a
> 'system' function) and "Calculate Tax" (among other things, internal - an
> analysis issue). We are trying to adhere to the OMG 1.3 UML
Specification
> and are using RUP.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on this? Has anyone seen a
list
> of 'rules' posted anywhere?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> Rusty Williamson
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