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Course Code:	IN 488
Course Abstract:	This course teaches techniques for writing high quality use cases. Participant retention of these techniques is optimized as the course spends the majority of time in hands-on labs applying the techniques discussed. The course proceeds through each section of defining a use case; exploring the purpose, issues, guidelines, and techniques needed to write them effectively. This in-depth, focused approach equips participants with skills needed to be productive use case analysts.
Audience:	This course is designed for business analysts, requirements analysts, systems analysts, software designers, information architects, project managers, testers, and quality assurance team members. The course will increase their understanding of what a good use case is and how quality use cases are developed.
Duration:	2 days
Learning Outcomes:	Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to: > Learn the essential elements of use case diagrams and specifications > Define guidelines for developing high quality, effective use cases > Improve use case writing skills > Handle common use case issues > Identify and correct common mistakes in use cases > Learn useful patterns for handling common types of requirements
Course Topics:	Starting the use case writing process Scope and partition system functionality Approach to writing preliminary use cases Finding the right use cases Review use case modeling Identifying primary use cases Identifying secondary use cases (included and extending use cases) Modeling relationships Picking good use case names Selecting a use case form Identify minimum recommended information Pros & cons of additional Information Activity or sequence diagrams as alternative/complement to narrative use cases Exploring common use case forms Selecting an appropriate use case form Describe defining aspects of Informal use case form Describe defining aspects of Formal use case form Describe defining aspects of Essential use case form Specifying Actors Using surrogate actors Specifying actors in the actor catalog Using personas Specifying steps Bounding steps: actor action/system response Numbering steps Lists, paragraphs, tables and diagrams Specifying data What’s the right level of detail? How big should a use case be? Annotating steps Use case initiating steps Use case ending steps Excluding: user interface, design/implementation, and business process details Handling iteration and concurrency Identify situations in which iteration and concurrency arise Discuss handling iteration and concurrency as multiple invocations of a use case or multiple concurrent use cases Describe how to model iteration and concurrency within a use case Handling alternatives Identifying alternatives Naming flows of events Specifying alternatives Marking alternative flow reference points Variations on alternative flows Using goals, pre-conditions, and post-conditions Discuss concepts of Goals, Pre-Conditions & Post-Conditions Discuss guidelines on making them well formed Verifying use case model completeness and closure Specifying business rules Defining business rules Simple business rules embedded in use cases Complex business rules specified in business rule specifications Marking business rule reference points Using use case relationships Factoring out common behavior to included use cases Separating optional behavior to extending use cases Identifying common behavioral structure across multiple use cases Abstracting use case structure How to write generalized and specific use cases Appendix: Specifying other requirements Specifying quality and other requirements in the supplemental specification Specifying performance and other requirements in use cases Appendix: Intro to use cases An introduction to use cases for students that have no prior use case exposure Appendix: Reviewing use cases Recommended review process Review questions to ask to ensure use case quality Appendix: Introduction to requirements traceability A brief introduction to requirements traceability Appendix: Establishing use case teams Managing multiple concurrent use case teams Handling iteration
Prerequisites:	Defining & Managing Requirements with Use Cases (IN 422) or at least 2 months of hands-on experience writing use cases is required. _{© 1994-2004 IconATG}

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