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	<title>Comments on: Scenario Types and Their Usage</title>
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		<title>By: dnise</title>
		<link>http://shapingsoftware.com/2008/04/28/scenario-types-and-their-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-23071</link>
		<dc:creator>dnise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the clarification JD.. and also thanks for the reference. I'll check that out. Happy Holidays!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the clarification JD.. and also thanks for the reference. I&#8217;ll check that out. Happy Holidays!</p>
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		<title>By: JD</title>
		<link>http://shapingsoftware.com/2008/04/28/scenario-types-and-their-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-23043</link>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ dnise

Think of the scenarios as a way to put requirements into context.

Scenarios put the user requirements, system requirements and tech requirements into the context of a goal being performed.

I prefer to think in terms of scenarios and sub-scenarios.  I also prefer to have a scannable list of requirements as well as a scannable list of the scenarios, but connected to the requirements.  They support each others.  If you have a requirement, but no scenario, you have to ask who's it for or what's it for.  If you have a scenario, but you don't know the requirements or tests for success, then you don't know when you're done.

A very good book on this with concrete examples is Writing Better Requirements by Ian Alexander.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ dnise</p>
<p>Think of the scenarios as a way to put requirements into context.</p>
<p>Scenarios put the user requirements, system requirements and tech requirements into the context of a goal being performed.</p>
<p>I prefer to think in terms of scenarios and sub-scenarios.  I also prefer to have a scannable list of requirements as well as a scannable list of the scenarios, but connected to the requirements.  They support each others.  If you have a requirement, but no scenario, you have to ask who&#8217;s it for or what&#8217;s it for.  If you have a scenario, but you don&#8217;t know the requirements or tests for success, then you don&#8217;t know when you&#8217;re done.</p>
<p>A very good book on this with concrete examples is Writing Better Requirements by Ian Alexander.</p>
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		<title>By: dnise</title>
		<link>http://shapingsoftware.com/2008/04/28/scenario-types-and-their-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-22190</link>
		<dc:creator>dnise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just wondering, do you break down a scenario into specific requirements? Similarly, do you break down a requirement into more detailed scenarios? 

Thanks in advance!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wondering, do you break down a scenario into specific requirements? Similarly, do you break down a requirement into more detailed scenarios? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
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		<title>By: JD</title>
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		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Brill

Sure ... you can thin in terms of use cases:
* Browse product catalog
* Order products

The scenario part comes in when you have a specific instance of a use case.  For example, "Customer x buys product Z."

Having the specific instance is useful because you can now test against it.  Can customer X buy product Z and does it pass the acceptance criteria? ... etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Brill</p>
<p>Sure &#8230; you can thin in terms of use cases:<br />
* Browse product catalog<br />
* Order products</p>
<p>The scenario part comes in when you have a specific instance of a use case.  For example, &#8220;Customer x buys product Z.&#8221;</p>
<p>Having the specific instance is useful because you can now test against it.  Can customer X buy product Z and does it pass the acceptance criteria? &#8230; etc.</p>
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		<title>By: brill torr</title>
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		<dc:creator>brill torr</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>can you give some examples of a scenario problem to be solved?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>can you give some examples of a scenario problem to be solved?</p>
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		<dc:creator>Scenario and Feature Frame &#124; Project Management &#124; Patterns and Practices for Software Engineering.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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