When modelling a set of tasks, should I use the dependency link or the TA Finish_Start link?
TA can be set up to read all dependency links in a model or only those with a particular stereotype. This means that you could create all of your links in the model as dependencies (with no stereotype) and TA would be able to read them (if you use the default setting). However, some UML purists would probably disagree with the use of the dependency link how it is being by TA. So to conform to the rules it is probably best to use the TA stereotypes as this will add symantic meaning to the reason for the dependencies. (Also, should we ever decide to change the rules of TA to the alternative flow layout as suggested in the blog article: http://www.solutionsreality.com/blog/?p=38 then it would be easier to write a conversion utility that looks for the TA stereotypes and converts the links accordingly.
TA can be set up to read all dependency links in a model or only those with a particular stereotype. This means that you could create all of your links in the model as dependencies (with no stereotype) and TA would be able to read them (if you use the default setting). However, some UML purists would probably disagree with the use of the dependency link how it is being by TA. So to conform to the rules it is probably best to use the TA stereotypes as this will add symantic meaning to the reason for the dependencies.
