The document discusses smart use cases and how they can be used to facilitate agile software development. It notes that smart use cases perfectly fit an agile requirements approach by determining the project backlog and providing the unit of work. They also facilitate a life cycle that supports daily work and allow for easy, reliable software estimation. Additionally, smart use cases can generate code, provide structured testing techniques, and enable online dashboards to track progress. The document promotes their use as part of the Accelerated Delivery Platform to streamline agile processes, technologies, and people.

1. SMART USE CASES
Sander Hoogendoorn | Principal Technology Officer | Capgemini
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2. USE CASES
A (smart) use case is
A description of a system’s behavior as
it responds to a request that originates
from outside of that system.
In other words, a use case describes
who can do what with the system in
question.
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3. Difficult to describe,
TOO OFTEN … HUGE CASES
hard to build,
impossible to test
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4. DIFFERENT LEVELS OF USE CASES Merge
companies
Cloud level High summary
Merge
mortgage systems
Kite level Summary
Place order
Sea level User goal
Fish level Sub-function
Select
product
Clam level Too low
Insert
orderline
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5. MODELING SMART USE CASES Fish
level
Sea
level
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6. SO SMART USE CASES ARE VERY GOOD
FOR MODELING AND DESCRIBING REQUIREMENTS
BUT…
WHAT MAKES THEM REALLY SPECIAL?
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7. SMART USE CASES ARE
THE PERFECT TOOL FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
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8. SMART USE CASES
• Perfectly fit an agile requirements
approach, determining the project
backlog
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9. AGILE REQUIREMENTS APPROACH
Cloud Level Kite Level Sea Level Fish Level
B
D
A
Hierarchical E
A D D
Processes
B C F
Use Cases Smart
Project Hierarchical C
Use Cases
Scope Processes
D
Chronological
Processes
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10. SMART USE CASES
• Perfectly fit an agile requirements
approach, determining the project
backlog
• Are the main unit of work in the agile
process Smart
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11. SMART
Create
Stabilize
project
software
proposal
Propose Scope Realize Realize Realize Realize Finalize Manage
Write Deliver
Maintain
project working
software
plan software
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12. SMART
What
smart use cases
will we deliver?
Define done
Are we up to speed?
Is our process
optimal?
Are the
smart use cases
done?
Propose Scope Realize Realize Realize Realize Finalize Manage
Deliver
smart use cases
using product cycle
Visualise progress
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13. SMART USE CASES
• Perfectly fit an agile requirements
approach, determining the project
backlog
• Provide the unit of work in the agile
process Smart
• Facilitate a life cycle that supports
daily work in projects
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14. SMART USE CASE LIFE CYCLE
Define
Accept work on
use case use case
Describe
Adjust use case
use case
Run Write
test cases test cases
Generate
and build
use case
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15. SMART USE CASE LIFE CYCLE
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16. SMART USE CASES
• Perfectly fit an agile requirements
approach, determining the project
backlog
• Provide the unit of work in the agile
process Smart
• Facilitate a life cycle that supports
daily work in projects
• Support easy, reliable and
repeatable software estimation
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17. ESTIMATING SMART USE CASES
Estimating smart use cases
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18. SMART ESTIMATION POKER
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19. SMART USE CASE STEREOTYPES
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20. SMART USE CASES
• Perfectly fit an agile requirements
approach, determining the project
backlog
• Provide the unit of work in the agile
process Smart
• Facilitate a life cycle that supports
daily work in projects
• Support easy, reliable and
repeatable software estimation
• Allow for online dashboarding
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21. MAKING COMMUNICATION EASY
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22. PROGRESS BASED ON SMART USE CASES
500
400
300
200
100
0
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #13 #15
18 nov 16 dec 12 jan 9 feb 9 maa 6 apr 4 mei 1 jun 29 jun 27 jul 24 aug 21 sep 19 okt
Totale scope 300 397 397 434 441 439 503 516 481 473 516 523 488 504 501
Geaccepteerd 0 0 0 12 25 107 144 187 222 311 358 392 382 393 428
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23. SMART USE CASES
• Perfectly fit an agile requirements
approach, determining the project
backlog
• Provide the unit of work in the agile
process Smart
• Facilitate a life cycle that supports
daily work in projects
• Support easy, reliable and
repeatable software estimation
• Allow for online dashboarding
• Generate code from smart use cases
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24. User interface Software Architecture
specification
5. Finalize your
1. Map your business
application
Existing
processes to smart
Applications use cases
Smart
use cases
Forms
Use cases
4. Generate your
code using a text
Tobago template engine
MDA Frameworks
Specifications
Domain
Domain
Model objects
Data / Service
Business
classes
models
2. Set up your
domain model Test 3. Establish
scenario’s
your software
Databases architecture(s)
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25. A SIMPLE SMART USE CASE MODEL
uc Manage Customer
«search»
Select Customer
«incl ude»
«master detail»
Manage Customer
Site Administrator
(from A ctors)
«extend»
«define»
Define Contact
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26. GENERATED CODE IN ASP.NET
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27. SMART USE CASES
• Perfectly fit an agile requirements
approach, determining the project
backlog
• Provide the unit of work in the agile
process Smart
• Facilitate a life cycle that supports
daily work in projects
• Support easy, reliable and
repeatable software estimation
• Allow for online dashboarding
• Generate code from smart use cases
• Provide structured agile test
techniques and tools
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28. Acceptance testing
TESTING SMART USE CASES Domain expert in
project team accepts
Developer testing
Developer checks Approval
other developers work End user signs
for final approval
Testing
Tester performs
functional tests
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29. PAIR TESTING SMART USE CASES
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30. UNIT TESTING SMART USE CASES Automated
regression testing
on smart use cases
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31. WWW.SMARTUSECASE.COM
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32. ACCELERATED DELIVERY PLATFORM
Process
Agile Smart Smart Agile Unified
Lifecycle Use Cases Estimation Dashboards Testing
Technology People
Reference Model driven Open Coaching
Frameworks
Architectures development Community Learning
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33. ACCELERATED DELIVERY PLATFORM - SOME REFERENCES
ADP Based Smart & (Capgemini) Projects Coaching & Learning
Software Factories Smart Use Cases
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34. REFERENCES AND QUESTIONS
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