Saturday, November 6, 2010

Notes from BA Collective Podcast: Business Analysis Use Cases

What is a use case and how are they used?

  • A Use Case is a detailed description of a user's interaction with a system
  • The only requirements are an actor and an object to be acted upon

A Use Case consists of seven components:

  • Name – represented in the form of an action
  • Description
  • Preconditions – criteria that must be met before the execution of the scenario
  • Scenario – anticipated series of actions and responses
  • Results
  • Alternate Paths – variations on the scenario. Represent failures in the system.
  • Additional Business Rules

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