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A Project Managers Guide to Use Cases Part 3
Agile, Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Use Cases, Use Cases, Watermark Learning

A PM’s Guide to Use Cases Part 3: Use Case Narratives

Originally published in PM Times on December 8, 2015. As promised, this is the fifth article in our modeling series and the third on use cases. We’ll start with a short summary of the main concepts covered previously. SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS ARTICLES Here are the highlights of the requirements modeling articles written to date: To get […]

A Project Managers Guide to Use Cases Part 1
Agile, Project Management, Use Cases, Watermark Learning

A PM’s Guide to Use Cases Part 1: What is a Use Case and Why Should PMs Care?

Originally published in PM Times on May 22, 2015. Use case models have been around for decades. Long after Information Engineering was all the rage and through object-oriented analysis and design they hung around. They threatened to disappear when Agile methods gained popularity, but here they are–discussed, dissected, and the subject of many blogs. Aren’t they

Putting Your Product Backlog in Order
Agile, Planning, Scrum, Use Cases, Watermark Learning

Putting Your Product Backlog in Order

Earlier versions of Scrum described prioritizing the Product Backlog based on development priority, but the current Scrum Guide just says that it is ordered in order to “best achieve goals and missions” (Scrum Guide, July 2013). Ordering the backlog is the responsibility of the Product Owner, who is also responsible for optimizing the value of the

Why Spend Time on Use Cases in Agile Projects
Agile, Scrum, Use Cases, Use Cases

Why Spend Time on Use Cases in Agile Projects?

Someone at a recent conference asked me how to respond to project stakeholders when they say that Use Cases take too long in an agile environment.  I was presenting a talk on “BA Toolkit for an Agile Project (or any other for that matter).”  Here are my answers with some added depth. (Thanks to Justin