Use Cases Training: Developing Use Cases

Course Number: JAV-300
GSA/Previous Course Number: 234
Duration: 2 days
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Use Cases Training Overview

This use cases training course is a hands-on introduction to the basic concepts of identifying and writing use cases for system analysts, business analysts and subject matter experts. Students will learn how use cases are identified during requirements gathering, and how actors are used to initiate use cases. Prerequisites and guarantees will be identified, and guidelines established for their use. Students will learn how to identify and document alternate paths. Use Case Diagrams, their syntax and use within UML will be discussed, along with practical advice concerning their use. Finally, the differences between high-level (essential) and detailed (system) use cases will be covered. Concepts will be reinforced with hands-on lab exercises, facilitated by the instructor, to simulate the development of use cases in a production environment.

Location and Pricing

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Use Cases Training Prerequisites

None.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

Use Cases Training Materials

All Use Cases training students receive a copy of Writing Effective Use Cases, related courseware, and copies of all files developed during the class.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Software for the course will be selected by mutual agreement – please contact us to discuss your specific needs and environment.

Use Cases Training Objectives

By the end of the course the student will be able to:

Describe how Use Cases are used in gathering user requirements
Define the differences between functional and non-functional requirements
Explain the role of an Actor in a Use Case
Understand the use of Prerequisites and Guarantees in Use Cases
Explain the differences between high-level and detailed Use Cases
Identify and write main and alternate paths in a Use Case
Use a Use Case Diagram to document the relationship between Use Cases
Participate as a member of a team identifying and writing Use Cases

Use Cases Training Outline

User Requirements

Business -> User -> System
Nonfunctional vs. functional
User Requirements by focus
User Requirements by level
Iterative Development
The origin of Use Cases
Use Cases in the development lifecycle
UML and Use Cases

Preparing for Use Cases

Organizing the Requirements Team
Stakeholders and participants
Context Diagrams
The mission statement/direction statement
Identifying major components and risk

Writing Use Cases

Actors
Discovering Use Cases
High-level Use Cases
Detailed Use Cases
Use Case Structure and Format
Required elements of a use case
Optional elements of a use case Design by Contract
Identifying Alternate Paths

Refining Use Cases

Evolving to detailed Use Cases
Iteration – identifying new Use Cases
Use Case Diagrams
<<includes>> vs. <<extends>>
Problems with Use Cases
Common Use Case Errors
Using a glossary
What comes next?

Conclusion

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