Software development
US8051404B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of developing software capable of performing a task, the task comprising at least one task step required to perform the task. The task step has a resultant effect. The method comprises recording a use case comprising one or more scenarios, that comprise one of more further steps; recording the scenario or one of the scenarios as a main success scenarios such that the resultant effect of the main success scenario is the same as the resultant effect of the task step. Use cases which have been stripped of context-specific information may be re-used. Such information may be included in a reference to the re-used use case.
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