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Succeeding with Use Cases Working Smart to Deliver Quality
By Richard Denney
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Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
Pub Date: April 26, 2005
ISBN: 0-321-31643-6
Pages: 336

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series
		The Component Software Series
		Preface
			Overview of Parts and Chapters
			Who Should Read What
			Unified Software Development Process
		How Parts of This Book Relate
		What This Book Is Not
		Acknowledgments
		Part 1.  Quality Function Deployment
			Chapter 1.  An Introduction to QFD: Driving Vision Vertically Through the Project
				The Language Gap
				QFD in Use Case-Driven Projects
				Running a QFD Workshop: Mega Motors Example
				Chapter Review
			Chapter 2.  Aligning Decision Making and Synchronizing Distributed Development Horizontally in the Organization
				Using QFD to Align Decision Making Horizontally Across a Company
				Using QFD to Synchronize Distributed Development Horizontally Across Component Teams
				Chapter Review
		Part 2.  Software Reliability Engineering
			Chapter 3.  Operational Profiles: Quantifying Frequency of Use of Use Cases
				Operational Profile of Use Case Scenarios
				Working Smarter: Scenarios of a Use Case
				Operational Profile of a Use Case Package
				Working Smarter: Use Case Packages
				Extending Operational Profiles to Address Critical Use Cases
				Chapter Review
			Chapter 4.  Reliability and Knowing When to Stop Testing
				What Is "Reliability"?
				Failure Intensity
				The Swamp Report
				Determining the Effectiveness of Your SRE-Based Test Process
				Chapter Review
		Part 3.  Model-Based Specification (Preconditions, Postconditions, and Invariants)
			Chapter 5.  Use Case Preconditions, Postconditions, and Invariants: What They Didn't Tell You, But You Need to Know!
				Sanity Check Before Proceeding
				A Brief History of Preconditions and Postconditions
				Calculating Preconditions from Postconditions
				Why Does This Work?!
				Modeling State Change
				Model-Based Specification
				Reasoning About State Through Time
				Exploring Boundary Condition Failures
				Further Thoughts: Preconditions, Postconditions, and Invariants in Use Cases
				Working Smart in How You Apply What You've Learned
				Chapter Review
			Chapter 6.  Triple Threat Test Design for Use Cases
				"Triple Threat" Test Cases?
				Applying the Extended Use Case Test Design Pattern
				Closing Thoughts
				Chapter Review
		Part 4.  Use Case Configuration Management
			Chapter 7.  Calculating Your Company's ROI in Use Case Configuration Management
				Overview of ROI
				Requirements Management Tools
				Calculating the ROI
				Conventions and Starting Assumptions
				The Cost
				The Benefits
				Bottom Line: Benefit to Cost Ratio
				Dealing with Uncertainty in the Model
				Chapter Review
			Chapter 8.  Leveraging Your Investment in Use Case CM in Project Portfolio Management
				What this Chapter Is (and Isn't) About
				The Good Thing About Use Cases...
				Use Case Metadata (Requirements Attributes)
				How Are You Currently Invested?
				Managing the Pipeline
				Tracking the Status of the Portfolio via Use Cases
				Chapter Review
		Part 5.  Appendices
			Appendix A.  Sample Use Case
			Appendix B.  Bare-Bones Project Portfolio Database and Use Case Metadata
				Bare-Bones Portfolio Database
			Appendix C.  Run Chart of FTEs Required by Project Portfolio
				Query to Sum Use Case Effort by Project Code
			Appendix D.  Reports for Tracking Progress of Projects in Portfolio
				Metadata for Use Case Status
			References
		Index