Foreword by Craig Larman
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 What Is a Quality Use Case?
1.1 Why Use Cases at All?
1.2 What's So Hard about Telling Good Stories?
1.3 Why a Use Case Pattern Language?
1.4 What Are Patterns?
1.5 How Should I Use This Pattern Language?
1.6 What Is the Use Case Pattern Form?
Stepping through a Sample Pattern
1.7 Organization of the Pattern Language
Development Patterns
Structural Patterns
1.8 Supplement:A Brief Tutorial on Writing Use Cases
Chapter 2 The Team
2.1 Team Organizational Issues
2.2 SmallWritingTeam
Examples
2.3 ParticipatingAudience
Examples
2.4 BalancedTeam
Examples
2.5 Trade-offs and Collaborations
Chapter 3 The Process
3.1 BreadthBeforeDepth
Examples
BreadthBeforeDepth and UML,by Dan Rawsthorne
3.2 SpiralDevelopment
Examples
SpiralDevelopment and UML,by Dan Rawsthorne
3.3 MultipleForms
Examples
3.4 TwoTierReview
Examples
3.5 QuittingTime
Examples
3.6 WritersLicense
Examples
3.7 Trade-offs and Collaborations
Chapter 4 The Use Case Set
4.1 SharedClearVision
Examples
4.2 VisibleBoundary
Examples
VisibleBoundary and UML Molels,by Dan Rawsthorne
4.3 ClearCastOfCharacters
Examples
4.4 UserValuedTransactions
Examples
4.5 EverUnfoldingStory
Examples
EverUnfoldingStory and UML Models,by Dan Rawsthorne
4.6 Trade-offs and Collaborations
Chapter 5 The Use Case
5.1 CompleteSingleGoal
Examples
5.2 VerbPhraseName
Examples
5.3 ScenarioPlusFragments
Examples
5.4 ExhaustiveAlternatives
Examples
5.5 Adornments
Examples
5.6 PreciseAndReadable
Examples
5.7 Trade-offs and Collaborations
Chapter 6 Scenarios and Steps
6.1 DetectableConditions
Examples
6.2 LeveledSteps
Examples
6.3 ActorIntentAccomplished
Examples
6.4 ForwardProgress
Examples
6.5 TechnologyNeutral
Examples
6.6 Trade-offs and Collaborations
Chapter 7 Use Case Relationships
7.1 CommonSubBehavior
Examples
CommonSubBehavior and UML,by Dan Rawsthorne
7.2 InterruptsAsExtensions
Examples
InterruptsAsExtensions and UML,by Dan Rawsthorne
Extensions and UML Extension Points
7.3 PromotedAlternative
Examples
PromotedAlternative and UML,by Dan Rawsthorne
7.4 Trade-offs and Collaborations
7.5 CapturedAbstraction-A Pattern for Applying UML Generalization,by Dan Rawsthorne
Examples
CapturedAbstraction and UML
Chapter 8 Editing Existing Use Cases
8.1 RedistributeTheWealth
Examples
8.2 MergeDroplets
Examples
8.3 CleanHouse
Examples
8.4 Trade-offs and Collaborations
References
Photo Credits
Index