Alexander Ian F., Maiden Neil. Scenarios, Stories, Use Cases: Through the Systems Development Life-Cycle

Wiley, 2004. — 548 p. — ISBN10: 0470861940; ISBN13: 978-0470861943.Extending the scenario method beyond interface design, thisimportant book shows developers how to design more effectivesystems by soliciting, analyzing, and elaborating stories fromend-users
Contributions from leading industry consultants andopinion-makers present a range of scenario techniques, from thelight, 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 toembedded hardware-software systemsReview..."this book is a breath of fresh air, providing practical guidance on incorporating techniques and approaches to the development cycle." - Usability Consultant
From the Back CoverCommunicating user needs – the requirements of a system– is a skill difficult to learn, pin down and put intopractice. There is no single right way. Much of the recent historyof large engineering projects has been a tale of waste and error,where system needs were not defined early, or carefully, enough.Carefully organised and themed, Scenarios, Stories, UseCases presents the scenario – a powerful antidote to thecomplexity of systems and analysis - as an effective technique fordiscovering, communicating and organising requirements at any stagein the system life-cycle.This book presents a range of scenario techniques from light,sketchy and agile to careful and systematic, and celebratesdiversity in requirements discovery and modeling. Including realworld case studies from Nokia, Eurocontrol and DaimlerChrysler, theauthors demonstrate a variety of practical approaches to show howto apply scenarios to projects throughout the life-cycle. Domaincoverage spans custom software, integrations of COTS softwarepackages, and embedded hardware/software systems. The scenariotechniques described differ in many respects, but share amotivation to improve industrial practice, a clearly definedapproach which has been applied on projects, and a grounding intheory.Stories are quite insistent on one point: a tale is not overuntil it is finished in every detail. Scenarios, Stories, UseCases communicates a practical approach to ensure that everydetail of a project’s requirements is considered, makingsystems more reliable, safe, and secure. The rich wealth of storieswill engage requirements engineers, developers, usability and humanfactors specialists, and systems and business analysts and studentson requirements engineering courses.