Chapter 9: Defining the Inside of a Use Case

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Overview

In This Chapter

• Describing the use case’s theme and plot

• Narrating the use-case story

• Pouring use-case flows into tables

• Showing alternative flows

Simple UML use-case diagrams clarify how you expect your system to satisfy the needs of its actors. That’s fine, as far as it goes. Identifying or naming the services your system offers is often a good start—but more details of the use case are needed before you can get on with development. This chapter lays out some common approaches to defining the inside of a use case.

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