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Use Cases for Business Analysis: In-House Training

Use Cases for Business Analysis: In-House Training

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Use Cases for Business Analysis: In-House Training

The use case is a method for documenting the interactions between the user of a system and the system itself. Use cases have been in the software development lexicon for over twenty years, ever since it was introduced by Ivar Jacobson in the late 1980s. They were originally intended as aids to software design in object-oriented approaches. However, the method is now used throughout the Solution Development Life Cycle from elicitation through to specifying test cases, and is even applied to software development that is not object oriented.

This course identifies how business analysts can apply use cases to the processes of defining the problem domain through elicitation, analyzing the problem, defining the solution, and confirming the validity and usability of the solution.

What you will Learn

You'll learn how to:

  • Apply the use case method to define the problem domain and discover the conditions that need improvement in a business process

  • Employ use cases in the analysis of requirements and information to create a solution to the business problem

  • Translate use cases into requirements

Getting Started
  • Introductions

  • Course structure

  • Course goals and objectives

Foundation Concepts
  • Overview of use case modeling

  • What is a use case model?

  • The 'how and why' of use cases

  • When to perform use case modeling

  • Where use cases fit into the solution life cycle

  • Use cases in the problem domain

  • Use cases in the solution domain

  • Use case strengths and weaknesses

  • Use case variations

  • Use case driven development

  • Use case lexicon

  • Use cases

  • Actors and roles

  • Associations

  • Goals

  • Boundaries

  • Use cases though the life cycle

  • Use cases in the life cycle

  • Managing requirements with use cases

  • The life cycle is use case driven

Elicitation with Use Cases
  • Overview of the basic mechanics and vocabulary of use cases

  • Apply methods of use case elicitation to define the problem domain, or 'as is' process

  • Use case diagrams

  • Why diagram?

  • Partitioning the domain

  • Use case diagramming guidelines

  • How to employ use case diagrams in elicitation

  • Guidelines for use case elicitation sessions

  • Eliciting the problem domain

  • Use case descriptions

  • Use case generic description template

  • Alternative templates

  • Elements

  • Pre and post conditions

  • Main Success Scenario

  • The conversation

  • Alternate paths

  • Exception paths

  • Writing good use case descriptions

  • Eliciting the detailed workflow with use case descriptions

  • Additional information about use cases

Analyzing Requirements with Use Cases
  • Use case analysis on existing requirements

  • Confirming and validating requirements with use cases

  • Confirming and validating information with use cases

  • Defining the actors and use cases in a set of requirements

  • Creating the scenarios

  • Essential (requirements) use case

  • Use case level of detail

Use Case Analysis Techniques
  • Generalization and Specialization

  • When to use generalization or specialization

  • Generalization and specialization of actors

  • Generalization and specialization of use cases

  • Examples

  • Associating generalizations

  • Subtleties and guidelines

  • Use Case Extensions

  • The <> association

  • The <> association

  • Applying the extensions

  • Incorporating extension points into use case descriptions

  • Why use these extensions?

  • Extensions or separate use cases

  • Guidelines for extensions

  • Applying use case extensions

  • Patterns and anomalies

  • o Redundant actors

  • Linking hierarchies

  • Granularity issues

  • Non-user interface use cases

  • Quality considerations

  • Use case modeling errors to avoid

  • Evaluating use case descriptions

  • Use case quality checklist

Relationship between Use Cases and Business Requirements
  • Creating a Requirements Specification from Use Cases

  • Flowing the conversation into requirements

  • Mapping to functional specifications

  • Adding non-functional requirements

  • Relating use cases to other artifacts

  • Wire diagrams and user interface specifications

  • Tying use cases to test cases and scenarios

  • Project plans and project schedules

Relationship between Use Cases and Functional Specifications
  • System use cases

  • Reviewing business use cases

  • Balancing use cases

  • Use case realizations

  • Expanding and explaining complexity

  • Activity diagrams

  • State Machine diagrams

  • Sequence diagrams

  • Activity Diagrams

  • Applying what we know

  • Extension points

  • Use case chaining

  • Identifying decision points

Use Case Good Practices
  • The documentation trail for use cases

  • Use case re-use

  • Use case checklist

Summary
  • What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environment?

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