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January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Use Case Tutorial for Dummies

A use case diagram models different types of users interact with the system to solve a problem. As such, it describes the goals of the users, the interactions between the users and the system, and the required behavior of the system in satisfying these goals. Use cases define interactions between external actors and the system to attain particular goals. A use case diagram contains four main components

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Sprint Planning: Forecasting vs Committing

In the summer of 2011, Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland revised their Scrum Guide. In it, they removed one long established behavior known to Scrum, which is the commitment the team makes to the product owner and the customers. Commitment was replaced by forecast. They say that teams may forecast their work, but not commit to it.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

What is the difference between user story and acceptance criteria?

Definition of Done (DoD) is a list of requirements that a user story must adhere to for the team to call it complete. While the Acceptance Criteria of a User Story consist of set of Test Scenarios that are to be met to confirm that the software is working as expected.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Sprint Review vs Sprint Retrospective

Each sprint ends with a two-part sprint review meeting. Such a meeting starts with a customer review and demonstration and ends with the team retrospective. Both of these components occur on the last day of the sprint. The Sprint Review focuses on the “inspect” and “adapt” of the increment (Potentially shippable), while the Sprint Retrospective give more focus on the “inspect” and “adapt” of the process of the sprint.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Free Online ArchiMate Tool + Examples

The Open Group created ArchiMate as an open and independent modelling language for enterprise architecture (EA). The standard provides a notation to enable enterprise architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way. ArchiMate enables the creation of fully integrated models of the organization’s EA, the motivation for it, and the programs, projects and migration paths to implement it.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Scrum: INVEST in Good Stories by Achieving SMART Tasks

The INVEST as a reminder of the characteristics of a good quality Product Backlog Item (PBI) (or user stories) commonly written in user story format. But what are characteristics of a good user story? The acronym “INVEST” can remind you that good stories should be

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Why Visual Paradigm is a better choice than Microsoft Visio

If you’ve ever tried to create MS’s Visio Flowchart®, you know how hard it is. You can start with a few basic tools, if you need to change anything — move shapes, delete shapes or add new shapes — it’s too hard! You know what I mean. Visual Paradigm Online automates all your complex tasks with just a few clicks.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

UML from What to How with Use Case and Activity Diagram

Use case diagrams and activity diagrams are behavioral UML diagrams that describe the dynamic characteristics of a system. The difference between use case diagrams and activity diagrams is that use case diagrams help to model the system, user interactions, while activity diagrams help to model the workflow of the system and are often used to illustrate the internal logic of use cases. These diagrams offer multiple advantages. They help model business requirements and understand the functionality of the system at a high level.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

Applying UML in Different Levels of Usage

UML can be used as much or as little as you like. Martin Fowler describes three common ways that people tend to use UML: (1) UML as a sketch ; (2) UML as a blueprint ; (3) UML as a programming language.

January 26, 2022 vpadmin

What is Cross-functional Flowchart?

A cross-functional flowchart (sometimes referred to as a deployment flowchart) is a business process mapping tool used to articulate the steps and stakeholders of a given process. Typically, we use a cross-functional flowchart to show the relationship between a business process and the functional units (such as departments) responsible for that process.