How to Discover and Develop Use Cases

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Overview

The critical success factor for any solution is whether or not the end users will be able to use it to do what they need to do. The concept of using use cases to define end-user interaction with a proposed information technology solution is invaluable for interactive applications.

A use case diagram is a visual tool that shows who will interact with an evolving information technology solution. A single use case is a textual tool for representing how individual end-users and other involved parties or systems (collectively referred to as "actors:") will interact with the proposed system. Knowing why you need a use case, when it should be created, and where to put what information is critical to creating quality functional requirements. Without a common understanding of the purpose and structure of use case diagrams and the use case document, use cases can quickly become "useless cases".

Objectives
  • Define the evolving role of business systems analysts
  • List 5 methods for discovering use cases
  • Distinguish between "business" and "system" use cases
  • Use business event models to initiate and scope an IT project
  • Present the transition from business events to use cases
  • Document proposed user interaction in use cases and use case diagrams
  • Structure basic use case information in a use case document
  • Apply use case diagrams as a scoping tool
  • Define and describe scenarios to discover use cases
  • Clarify the major components of the use case
  • Detail the sequence of interaction steps for the most common situation
  • Determine how to handle alternate and exception situations
  • Create and analyze activity diagrams to show use case flow of events
  • Identify 18 business requirement categories and map them to use case components
  • Review and critique use case documents and use case diagrams
  • Have a use case development kit for use on future projects
  • Write audience-focused use cases
  • Differentiate between level of detail and level of focus of a use case

ILT: 2 days
Virtual: 3 Mods

Target Audience

Business Managers
Developers
End Users
Project Leaders
Subject Matter Experts

Pre-requisites

NONE

Expansions

How to Manage Changing Business Requirements

How to Manage Small Projects

How to Develop and Use UML Models for Business Analysis

Instructors

Our instructors have extensive experience in applying these techniques on projects with business experts from a wide variety of fields.