Writing Effective Use Cases
Course Outline
This training course is endorsed by the Internation Institute of Business Analysis. A use case is a technique for capturing the potential requirements of a new system or software change. To write a use case requires a specific skill - and by understanding how to write these effectively, you will benefit your software project by clearly conveying how the system should interact with the end user, or another system to achieve a specific business goal.
This course provides 14 PDUs (Professional Development Units) towards IIBA accreditation.
Outcomes
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- This course will teach you how to write use cases as lightweight, accurate and flexible specifications of functional requirements, using the best techniques of world-renowned authorities.
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| Location | Days | Dates | Cost (ex GST) | Course Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | 2 Days | 02/07/2013 - 03/07/2013 | $1400.00 | Available | Book Now |
| Melbourne | 2 Days | 28/08/2013 - 29/08/2013 | $1400.00 | Available | Book Now |
| Sydney | 2 Days | 04/09/2013 - 05/09/2013 | $1400.00 | Available | Book Now |
Topics Covered
Section 1: Use Cases Defined
Section 2: Review of Use Case Basics
Actors Use Cases Use Case Diagrams Use Case Template
Section 3: Use Cases in Context
Business Process Models GUI design Prototyping Functional Requirements Class Models Test Plans
Section 4: Use Cases in Depth
Actors, Stakeholders and User Classes How Much Detail? Guidelines for Writing Use Cases What About the GUI? How Many Alternate Flows? How to Use Pre-conditions and Post-conditions Guidelines for << include >> and << extend >> Use of Generalisation
Section 5: More on Writing Use Cases
Levels of Formality Structured English
Section 6: Use Cases and Estimation
Section 7: Limitations of Use Cases
Section 8: Use Case Patterns and Anti-patterns
Section 9: Software Support for Use Cases
Prerequisites
Students should have an understanding of the context in which functional user requirements specification fits in the Software Development Life Cycle. An appreciation of the needs of at least one business system would also be beneficial.
Audience
Business analysts, systems analysts, requirements analysts and end users that are interested in understanding the process by which their requirements are specified.
Course Fee
$1400.00 ex GST
Duration
2.0 Days
Structure
Presentations & Exercises
Material
Deliverable material for this course includes:
- Certificate of Accomplishment
- Professionally printed student notes and exercises
- CD containing original exercises and source code (For PC-based courses only)
For all courses, but particularly PC-based courses, students are encouraged bring their own USB drive to save worked solutions and/or additional reference material.
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