W RITING E FFECTIVE U SE C ASES Alistair Cockburn Humans and Technology pre-publication draft #3, edit date: 2000.02.21 published by Addison-Wesley, c. 2001. i ii Reminders Write something readable. Casual,readable use cases are still useful, whereas unreadable use cases won't get read. Work breadth-first, from lower precision to higher precision. Precision Level 1: Primary actor’ name and goal s Precision Level 2: The use case brief, or the main success scenario Precision Level 3: The extension
Words: 31616 - Pages: 127
Ferr_9780307465351_4p_01_r1.j.qxp 8/27/09 3:50 PM Page v The 4-Hour Workweek q E SC A P E 9 – 5 , L IV E A N Y W H E R E , AND JOIN THE NEW RICH Expanded and Updated TIMOTHY FERR ISS CROWN PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Ferr_9780307465351_4p_01_r2.j.qxp 9/2/09 2:37 PM Page vi Copyright © 2007, 2009 by Tim Ferriss All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New
Words: 9304 - Pages: 38
location is politically stable, although currently the entire world is being severely affected by the economic recession. This has therefore meant that non-essential spending is down, which will have a negative economic impact. Conversely, new technologies such as efficient aircraft are allowing for more visitors to the region. A current concern is that of global warming, being a beach front city, this will affect the climate and cause beach erosion. The Gold Coast and Queensland are famous for
Words: 6140 - Pages: 25
Acclaim for Yann Martel's Life of Pi "Life of Pi is not just a readable and engaging novel, it's a finely twisted length of yarn— yarn implying a far-fetched story you can't quite swallow whole, but can't dismiss outright. Life of Pi is in this tradition—a story of uncertain veracity, made credible by the art of the yarn-spinner. Like its noteworthy ancestors, among which I take to be Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's Travels, the Ancient Mariner, Moby Dick and Pincher Martin, it's a tale of disaster at
Words: 104639 - Pages: 419
Subsidiaries | GE Capital, GE Energy,GE Home & Business Solutions, GE Technology Infrastructure, GE Aviation NBCUniversal [4](49%) | Website | GE.com [5] | General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE [1]), is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.[2][6] The company operates through four segments: Energy, Technology Infrastructure, Capital Finance and Consumer & Industrial.[7][8]
Words: 9403 - Pages: 38
THESUMMER OF 1898, 1898, THE SUMMER OF AS USUAL, WAS HOT AND HUMID IN NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA. SO A YOUNG PHARMACIST NAMED CALEB BRADHAM BEGAN EXPERIMENTING WITH COMBINATIONS OF SPICES, JUICES AND SYRUPS, TRYING TO CREATE A REFRESHING NEW DRINK TO SERVE TO HIS CUSTOMERS. HE SUCCEEDED BEYOND ALL EXPECTATIONS, INVENTING THE BEVERAGE NOW KNOWN AROUND THE WORLD AS ... PEPSI-COLA. 3 PEPSI’S BEGINNINGS PEPSI’S BEGINNINGS Caleb Bradham knew that to keep people returning to his pharmacy, he would
Words: 4882 - Pages: 20
The history of anime began at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques that were being explored in the West. During the 1970s, anime developed further, separating itself from its Western roots, and developing distinct genres such asmecha and its Super Robot sub-genre. Typical shows from this period include Lupin III and Mazinger Z. During this period several filmmakers became famous, especially Hayao Miyazaki and Mamoru Oshii. In the 1980s
Words: 4757 - Pages: 20
SLEEP DISORDERS UNCOVERED, | Sleeping Disorders Uncovered | Jeffery J. Dowling | | Mitchell College | 10/31/2013 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Sleep could very well be the most important aspect of a healthy life. Not only physical health, but mental, and emotional as well. Without
Words: 5157 - Pages: 21
TERM PAPER THE SIGNIFICANCE AND DEPTH OF THE MEDIA ON THE TEXTUAL INTERROGATION OF LITERATURE IN ‘MY FATHER’S BLOOD’ NAME: OJEBODE, AYOKUNMI OLADELE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN LITERATURE REDEEMER’S UNIVERSITY, EDE COURSE CODE/TITLE: ENG 871/ LITERATURE AND MEDIA LECTURER: DR. OFURE AITO THE STILL PHOTOGRAPHY AS LITERATURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY USING TY BELLO’S WORKS Introduction “Art is about collecting experiences and expressing them. For me music and photography
Words: 7914 - Pages: 32
African Cultural Heritage West African Kingdoms The Europeans in Africa Native American Cultures Maya Civilization The Empires of the Incas and the Aztecs The Spanish in the Americas and the Aftermath of Their Conquest The Impact of Technology Christian Humanism and the Northern Renaissance Luther and the Protestant Reformation The Spread of Protestantism The Catholic Reformation 2 WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS The French Revolution Napoleon Bonaparte The Industrial Revolution
Words: 16933 - Pages: 68
