Chapter 3. Establishing the Vision

Too many project teams dive into the details of the use-case model before they have established a stakeholder community, a shared vision, the real need for the product, or the constraints under which it is to be built. Proceeding with use-case modeling without this kind of foundation often causes immense problems. Some projects are completed before the team realizes that the system produced doesn’t meet any of the stakeholders’ real needs. Other project teams find it impossible to produce a stable use-case model or even to agree on one at all.

To avoid these kinds of problems, it is essential that the team:

  • Establish a good understanding of the stakeholder community

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the problem to ...

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