Comments on: Sample Use Case Example

By: Scott Sehlhorst

Scott Sehlhorst — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:57:54 +0000

Yamen, thanks for your question, and welcome to Tyner Blain. Generally, I don’t draw use case diagrams – I find they provide almost no extra insight in exchange for extra effort. Class diagrams, I find, are incredibly valuable. I wrote a series of articles recently on how to use class diagrams for business analysis which should help you get started. As a software engineering student, you’ll also want to go into more detail on the techniques for representing systems. There are links to Scott Ambler’s resources for that purpose. The series here is focused on domain analysis, not solution analysis.

Good luck!

By: yamen

yamen — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:43:24 +0000

hi scott , I am student in software enjneering (master) , I need your help , can you give me more examples in usecase daigrame and class daigram .

By: Scott Sehlhorst

Scott Sehlhorst — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:38:09 +0000

Thanks, Rajashree, and welcome to Tyner Blain! We have a template for informal use cases: Informal Use Case Template. My clients usually already have templates of their own that they have developed (with boilerplate text and signoffs, etc), so I usually use those. When they don't, I will use this one, or I will propose that they update theirs to be more like this one. There is not a universal standard that everyone acknowledges as "the template."

By: Rajashree

Rajashree — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:16:47 +0000

Hi!
I just want to know that do you use any template for writing the use cases?..if so what and how?The above test case looks so readable and simple.. Thanks alot for sharing this with people like us..

By: Scott Sehlhorst

Scott Sehlhorst — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:00:35 +0000

Anita, or Anita Jay (I hope I guessed right), thanks very much for the kind comments, and I’m thrilled that the stuff we’ve got here is helping you! You made my day by letting me know.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you stick around, and if any of the articles don’t provide enough context or use too much jargon, just comment and let us know – we’ll make em better.

By: Anita Jay

Anita Jay — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:59:17 +0000

Thank you for the great example, and the definitions of what you’re referring to. I have NO experience with use cases or scenarios, no experience with flow charting or anything like that. I’m a secretary, tasked to help out with developing a new system, and was tasked with providing use cases for three variations in the new system. I had no idea where to start but I think now I can at least get something down on paper that makes sense. I had visions of trying to make boxes and arrows and somehow knew that wouldn’t work. Thanks again.

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[...] Sample Use Case Example | Tyner Blain Here’s an example of a use case that has some system complexity. The user interacts with the main system that we are describing. The system also interacts with two external systems. This use case example shows how to describe the steps that demonstrate (tags: uml) [...]