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Applications of heapsort
Heapsort is a sorting algorithm that has a time complexity of O(nlogn), and performs sorting using O(1) space complexity. However, I know that because it's unstable, it doesn't find many applications ...
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Should I create a use case diagram for each screen?
In projects with many use cases, it's valid to create different use case diagrams, one for each screen? Or I shouldn't guide myself on the GUI of the software to make this, why?
As a clarification, ...
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How to show an “or includes” relationship - UML Use case diagram
I haven't come across this issue before and can't find it in my Schaum's Outline UML book and was wondering if someone here could help.
I'm making a use case diagram for e-commerce, and in it I want ...
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Writing a killer use case for a cron job [closed]
I'm a beginner when it comes to writing use cases, but I searched a lot and most of the materials I found mentioned that I should concentrate on the business value to the customer when writing a use ...
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What can be used in lieu of use cases to gather requirements?
I'm a programmer currently working in rounds of meetings along with BAs and PM to gather/describe modules and functionality of our case management system; after a few meetings I saw that using 'use ...
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Use Cases with respect to downstream systems
Use cases are primarily meant for interaction between user and a system. It could be used for interaction between system and another system. The actors are primarily roles.
It is easy to document ...
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When are RPC-ish approaches more appropriate than REST?
After watching this talk on REST, Reuse and Serendipity by Steve Vinoski, I wonder if there are business cases in greenfield projects for (XML-)RPC-ish setups, that REST could not solve in a better ...
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Describing requirements in SRS - use cases?
I do not have the access to the IEEE standard and information on the net are contradictory. Can I capture user requirements in SRS using use cases? Or I should keep use cases separate as they are more ...
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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 manage and estimate unstructured requirements received from customers
A lot of the times during the bidding phase of a project I receive a software system's requirements from our potential customers in a very unstructured format from various sources [email, word ...
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Is this usage of extend relationship in a use case diagram correct?
On this picture:
Does updating grades extend a feature that shows grades? I am not sure if the notation is correct, so I am hoping you guys will know it.
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What details do you expect to see in a Use Case? [closed]
As a programmer, what level of detail and what information do you expect to see in the "Use Case"?
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Is my use case diagram correct?
NOTE: I am self studying UML so I have nobody to verify my diagrams and hence I am posting here, so please bear with me. This is the problem I got from some PDF available on Google that simply had the ...
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How to model two similar tasks with the Use-case diagram
I am trying to draw a use-case diagram for a software project.
Two requirements for the software I am trying to model in use-case diagram are:
A customer (i.e. Client) should be able to cancel its ...
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Should the database of a web application be considered an actor?
I'm just learning about use-case analysis and use-case diagrams and am a little confused whether or not the MySQL database of a web app should be considered an actor.
Is the databased considered ...
