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USE CASES:

USE CASES:. An introduction By: Robert Smith. Stick figure jokes from http://deeperdesign.com/gallery/v/Funny/. Topics: What? Why? How?. USE CASES: What?. How can we visualize and begin to analyze the problem from the user’s point of view? Example: Typical coding exercise

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USE CASES:

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  1. USE CASES: An introduction By: Robert Smith Stick figure jokes from http://deeperdesign.com/gallery/v/Funny/

  2. Topics: • What? • Why? • How?

  3. USE CASES: What? • How can we visualize and begin to analyze the problem from the user’s point of view? • Example: Typical coding exercise • Where can we improve? • Why do we care?

  4. USE CASES: Why? • Remember: as a project progresses, the cost of design change increases • Typical coding example revisited

  5. USE CASES: How? • Differs depending on who you ask • SOME BASICS: • Name • Summary • Preconditions • Course of events • Alternative paths • Postconditions KEEP IN MIND! The point => explain what (not how) your system will do for specific users doing specific things

  6. USE CASES: How? (cont’d) • Name / Summary / Preconditions • Course of events: • “Student enters login name and password via UC1234 and clicks ‘enter’” • System verifies username exists • System verifies password • …

  7. USE CASES: How?: Events • Careful of the details! • What are some things that you might want to include here? • Happy Path • Alternate Paths (All possibilities) • References to other Use Cases

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