When Use Cases Aren’t Enough: Event Analysis

Apr 21, 2024

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Although use cases are valuable for many projects, sometimes event analysis is a more effective requirements elicitation technique. Valuable as they are, use cases aren’t the ideal tool for every type of product. A complementary requirements elicitation strategy is to explore the various event...

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