Paper Info
Title
Use Case Pitfalls: Top 10 Problems from Real Projects Using Use Cases
Abstract
One of the beauties of use cases is their accessible, informal format. Use cases are easy to write, and the graphical notation is trivial. Because of their simplicity, use cases are not intimidating, even for teams that have little experience with formal requirements specification and management. However, the simplicity can be deceptive; writing good use cases takes some skill and practice. Many groups writing use cases for the first time run into similar kinds of problems. This paper presents the author's "Top Ten" list of use case pitfalls and problems, based on observations from a number of real projects. The paper outlines the symptoms of the problems, and recommends pragmatic cures for each. Examples are provided to illustrate the problems and their solutions.
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1109/TOOLS.1999.787547
TOOLS (30)
Keywords
Field
DocType
use cases,similar kind,real project,graphical notation,good use case,use case,real projects,use case pitfalls,informal format,formal requirements specification,use case pitfall,pragmatic cure,computer aided software engineering,application software,writing,project management,formal specification
Notation,Use case,Programming language,Software engineering,Object oriented methods,Computer science,Formal specification,Software requirements specification,Project management
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7695-0278-4
43
3.10
References 
Authors
1
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Susan Lilly1433.77