Part II. Use Cases

This part of the book thoroughly describes the use-case construct as well as other, related constructs needed in a use-case model.

The first few chapters describe use cases and actors, and give the background necessary to understand the descriptions of use-case patterns, blueprints, and common mistakes in Parts III through V of this book. Most of the patterns and blueprints also make use of relationships between use cases and actors. Therefore, this part also includes a collection of chapters describing the different kinds of relationships used in use-case modeling. These chapters can be read more superficially if the only goal is to achieve enough basic knowledge to be able to get a grasp of the patterns and blueprints, but ...

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