Scenarios, Stories, Use Cases: Through the Systems Development Life-Cycle

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Ian F. Alexander, Neil Maiden
Wiley, Sep 24, 2004 - Computers - 560 pages
  • Extending the scenario method beyond interface design, this important book shows developers how to design more effective systems by soliciting, analyzing, and elaborating stories from end-users
  • Contributions from leading industry consultants and opinion-makers present a range of scenario techniques, from the light, sketchy, and agile to the careful and systematic
  • Includes real-world case studies from Philips, DaimlerChrysler, and Nokia, and covers systems ranging from custom software to embedded hardware-software systems

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Contents

SCENARIOS
3
Storyboard
12
Types of System
18
Copyright

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Ian F. Alexander,Neil Maiden
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About the author (2004)

Ian F Alexander is an independent consultant researches with DaimlerChrysler (in Ulm, Germany) he also writes, teaches, and consults on requirements, especially scenarios.. He is on the committee of the BCS Requirements Engineering Specialist Group and runs the Requirements chapter of the IEE Professional Network for Systems Engineers. He has written extensively on Requirements

Neil Maiden is a Reader and Head of the Centre for Human-Computer Interface Design, in City University's School of Informatics, London UK. He is co-founder and treasurer of the British Computer Society Requirements Engineering Specialist Group.

Bibliographic information

TitleScenarios, Stories, Use Cases: Through the Systems Development Life-Cycle
EditorsIan F. Alexander, Neil Maiden
Editionillustrated
PublisherWiley, 2004
Original fromthe University of California
DigitizedNov 19, 2009
ISBN0470861940, 9780470861943
Length560 pages
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