Use Case Studio
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Use Case Studio is a word processor that is specifically designed for authoring use cases. Previously analysts have predominantly used Microsoft Word to author their use cases. While Microsoft Word is an excellent tool for writing documents, it is not well suited to writing use cases because the UML specifies certain rules for use cases that simply do not work in a document-based environment. Software manufacturers that have tried to solve this problem in the past have done so by creating form-based use-case editors. While these solutions overcome the technical problem of incorporating the UML in to the use-case specification the solutions are awkward to use, and hinder the analyst's productivity.
Use Case Studio's Key Features
- Word-processor-like user interface -- No forms or dialog boxes
- Syntax highlighting
- Create different views of the requirements through Perspectives
- Automatic conversion of use-case text to activity diagrams
- Streamlined integration between the project glossary and the software requirements
- Support for the novice use-case author through Wizards for creating Named Subflows and Alternative Flows.
- Enforcement of a consistent industry-accepted use-case style
- Full support for UML <<include>> and <<extend>> relationships
- Visualization of use-case scenarios
- Reduced errors through automatic management of internal cross references
- Solves functional decomposition
- IBM Rational RequisitePro integration
