Writing Use Cases
Overview
This two-day workshop covers the process, methods, steps and questions to use when employing a Use-Case driven approach to gathering and defining requirements. This course will explain what Use Cases are and how to document them. The course provides a simple six-step process for describing Use Cases as well as strategies for dealing with the common challenges of defining Use Cases. This course will teach you how to write Use Cases that can be used for business and system requirements. It will provide Business Analysts with a clear understanding of when and how to use Use Cases within their Requirements Process.
Type
Instructor-Led
Target
Business Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Project Leads
Pre-requisite
None
Duration
2 Days
Credits
14 PDU’s/CDU’s
Popularity
4 Stars
Rate
Call for pricing
Dates
Call to schedule
Purpose
To learn practical techniques for eliciting, modeling and writing use cases
Introduction
- Course Objectives
- How This Fits
What is a Use Case?
- What is a Use Case?
- Process Modeling, Use Cases, Scenarios and Requirements
- What Can a Use Case Look Like?
- What Are Use cases Used For?
- Use Cases and the Project Process
- Identifying Use Cases
- The Components of a Use Case
The Seven Steps to Writing a Use Case
- 1. Identify the Actor(s)
- 2. Identify the Goal
- 3. Define the Pre-condition
- 4. Define the Post Condition
- 5. Describe the Main Success Flow
- 6. Describe the Exceptions
- 7. Describe the Alternate Flow(s)
- Practice Exercise
Detailed Use Case Modeling
- Level of Granularity or Precision
- Planning for the Next Level of Detail
- Moving to the Next Level of Detail
- Creating a Use Case Diagram
- Practice Exercise
Eliciting Use Cases
- 1. Confirm roles and responsibilities
- 2. Review objectives
- 3. Establish scope
- 4. Create a work list
- 5. Describe each use case
- 6. Discover and Document the Requirements
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many use cases do I need?
- How many alternate flows do I need?
- The questions of breadth and depth
- Can this help me prepare my Requirements Management Plan?
- What about use case diagrams?
- Learn the fundamentals of Use Case modeling
- How to practically apply use-cases for eliciting and defining business requirements
- Understand the necessary and sufficient level of detail in Use Cases