[Year 12 SofDev] yet another UCD

Mon Feb 14 08:42:02 EST 2011

Thanks Robert,

You are, of course, correct. Being last thing on a Friday, and in somewhat
of a rush, I'm afraid I did express it rather badly! 

I meant, as you say, which actor is initiating the use case, and did not
mean to imply data flow. However I'm glad that you picked me up on this as
it might have caused confusion.

Thank you for your input.

signiture

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Timmer-Arends
Sent: Friday, 11 February 2011 6:13 PM
To: Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] yet another UCD

Hello Michael

I may be mis-interpreting here but

'the direction of flow is obvious from the relationships'

suggests that lines in UCDs show a flow of some kind (data perhaps) and this
is NOT the case.

Lines between actor and use case simply show that there is an association or
interaction between the two. If there is an arrow head (at the use case end)
then it shows which actor is initiating the use case (optional).

Lines between use cases (dotted arrows) show an association between use
cases with the direction of the arrow giving an indication of which is the
'base' use case (which, confusingly is the opposite for include and extend)

Apologies if my interpretation of your text is incorrect.

Regards

Robert T-A

Brighton SC

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From: Michael Wooldridge <mailto:mwo at mornsc.vic.edu.au>  

To: 'Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List'
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Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 3:34 PM

Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] yet another UCD

It was created using Microsoft Visio! 

Yes I deliberately left arrowheads off the association lines. Partly because
I was following the example in Adrian Janson's book, and partly because I
didn't think it really needed them. I think the direction of flow is obvious
from the relationships.

I believe that sub-systems can be represented by additional system
boundaries within the primary system boundary. But, if I am in error, I
should be grateful if anyone could definitively tell me so.

signiture

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From: sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:sofdev-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Mark KELLY
Sent: Friday, 11 February 2011 3:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] yet another UCD

Thanks Michael.  That looks jolly nice. What software did you use to create
it?

I notice you don't put arrows on primary actor association lines - is that
deliberate?

And the isolated box for installing the system - I haven't seen that
technique before.

It does seem there's more that one way to skin a UCD.

On 11 February 2011 13:44, Michael Wooldridge <mwo at mornsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:

Another warning! I too am a first time poster on this list. Here's a UCD I
came up with for RWT. It perhaps has its short-comings, but it might provide
another way of looking at things. Let me know if there are any glaringly
obvious faults.

Error! Filename not specified.

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