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Decoupling User Stories in Agile Development
Based on what I've read, user stories are often cast in a "who", "what", and "why" format, i.e. "[Who] wants the system to do [What], so that [Why]". The "who" and "what" seem easy to grasp. For the ...
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Is it feasible to use User Stories and Use Cases in the same team?
I am trying to encourage working practices that are more agile. I am trying to understand the difference between a Use Case and a User Story. I have read a lot of articles and questions like What'...
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What are some good alternatives to use cases when the system has no actors?
I'm working on a software and hardware system which is completely autonomous in its activities. There is no user involved and one external system which data is sent to. There are a lot of different ...
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Which should be done first: use cases or user stories?
I've heard both about use cases (I'm talking about the description, not the diagram) and user stories being used to gather requirements and organize them better.
I work alone, so I'm just trying to ...
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Should the developer help customer to write the user stories? [duplicate]
Recently, two guys contacted me and asked me to build their mobile app.
They have a brand new concept and want an app quickly.
I told them that I need some user stories and some specifications by ...
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Is this a user story or a bug?
Consider the following user story(ies) for a manufacturing management system I am building:
As a shipper/receiver I need to be able to create work orders So that
we can begin tracking jobs ...
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Use Case Diagram. Can a system be its own actor?
Hello I got the definition below for an actor. That means the system cannot be an actor to itself. I was wondering what if the system is supposed to display certain elements on a screeen. In that case ...
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How much time should be spent with use cases?
I'm starting to work with agile iterative approach to software development and this question seems quite natural. After gathering the requirements I should write a few use cases to describe how the ...
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Behavior-Driven Development / Use case diagram
Regarding growing of Behavior-Driven Development imposing acceptance testing, are use cases diagram useful or do they lead to an "over-documentation"?
Indeed, acceptance tests representing ...
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How to use BPMN and use case and other diagrams together
I asked this question on stackoverflow, but it seems this question is not suitable there, so I post here for discussion.
BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notations) is used for modeling business ...
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