Use Case Tutorial for Dummies

Use Case Tutorial for Dummies

A use case diagram models different types of users interact with the system to solve a problem. As such, it describes the goals of the users, the interactions between the users and the system, and the required behavior of the system in satisfying these goals. Use cases define interactions between external actors and the system to attain particular goals. A use case diagram contains four main components

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Sprint Planning: Forecasting vs Committing

Sprint Planning: Forecasting vs Committing

In the summer of 2011, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland revised their Scrum Guide. In it, they removed one long established behavior known to Scrum, which is the commitment the team makes to the product owner and the customers. Commitment was replaced by forecast. They say that teams may forecast their work, but not commit to it.

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Sprint Review vs Sprint Retrospective

Sprint Review vs Sprint Retrospective

Each sprint ends with a two-part sprint review meeting. Such a meeting starts with a customer review and demonstration and ends with the team retrospective. Both of these components occur on the last day of the sprint. The Sprint Review focuses on the “inspect” and “adapt” of the increment (Potentially shippable), while the Sprint Retrospective give more focus on the “inspect” and “adapt” of the process of the sprint.

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Free Online ArchiMate Tool + Examples

Free Online ArchiMate Tool + Examples

The Open Group created ArchiMate as an open and independent modelling language for enterprise architecture (EA). The standard provides a notation to enable enterprise architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way. ArchiMate enables the creation of fully integrated models of the organization’s EA, the motivation for it, and the programs, projects and migration paths to implement it.

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UML from What to How with Use Case and Activity Diagram

UML from What to How with Use Case and Activity Diagram

Use case diagrams and activity diagrams are behavioral UML diagrams that describe the dynamic characteristics of a system. The difference between use case diagrams and activity diagrams is that use case diagrams help to model the system, user interactions, while activity diagrams help to model the workflow of the system and are often used to illustrate the internal logic of use cases. These diagrams offer multiple advantages. They help model business requirements and understand the functionality of the system at a high level.

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