Unit I. Introduction

·         What is a use case?

·         Requirements and use cases

·         Use Cases as project-linking structure

·         When use cases add value

·         Manage your energy

Unit II. The Use Case as a Contract for Behavior

·         Interactions between actors with goals

·         Contract between stakeholders with interests

·         The graphical model

Unit III. Scope

·         Functional scope

·         Design scope

·         The outermost use cases

·         Using the scope-defining work products

Unit IV. Stakeholders

·         The primary actor

·         Supporting actors

·         The system under discussion

·         Internal actors and white-box use cases

Unit V. Three Named Goal Levels

·         User goals (blue, sea-level)

·         Summary level (white, cloud/ kite)

·         Subfunctions (indigo/black, underwater/clam)

·          Using graphical icons to highlight goal levels

·         Finding the right goal level

·         A longer writing sample: "handle a claim" at several levels

Unit VI. Preconditions, Triggers, and Guarantees

·         Preconditions

·         Minimal guarantees

·         Success guarantee

·         Triggers

Unit VII. Scenarios and Steps

·         The main success scenario

·         Action steps

Unit VIII. Extensions

·         Extension basics

·         The extension conditions

·         Extension handling

Unit IX.     Linking Use Cases

·         Sub use cases

·         Extension use cases

Unit X. Formats to Choose From

·         Forces affecting use case writing styles

·         Standards for five project types

·         Conclusion

 Unit XI. On Being Done

Unit XII. Scaling Up to Many Use Cases

·         Say less about each one (low-precision representation)

·         Create clusters of use cases

Unit XIII. CRUD and Parameterized Use Cases

·         CRUD use cases

·         Parameterized use cases

Unit XIV. Business Process Modeling

·         Modeling versus designing

·         Linking business and system use cases

Unit XV. The Missing Requirements

·         Precision in data requirements

·         Cross-linking from use cases to other requirements

Unit XVI. Use Cases in the Overall Process

·          Use cases in project organization

·          Use cases to task or feature lists

·          Use cases to design

·          Use cases to UI design

·         Use cases to test cases

·         The actual writing

Unit XVII. Mistakes Fixed

·         No system

·         No primary actor

·         Too many user interface details

·          Very low goal levels

·         Purpose and content not aligned

·         Advanced example of too much UI