Defining Use Cases for Federating Library Services

["T. Howell" <>]

Hello Everyone,

Andy has made some great progress on the diagrams and I have a few notes
from last week on "how to create a use case" I for folks to think about
prior to tomorrow/Wednesday's meeting (at 4pm EDT).

Basic Steps for Creating a Use Case:
1) Choose a use case.
2) Brainstorm a potential scenario for the use case.
3) Write this scenario in an informal format known as a "bedtime story". (We
consider the bedtime story to be a semi-idealized event describing a users
experience from their perspective).
4) Translate the "bedtime story" into the actual use case which consists of
three parts:
  a. one simple use case which is a condensed version of the bedtime story.
  b. one UML diagrams
  c. identify relevant case studies or request that someone record a case
study from their experience if it would apply. (note: case studies may be
related to one or more use cases)
5)  Add special cases/exceptions to the basic use case, after consensus has
been reached and the use case is accepted.


Thanks everyone!

Sincerely;
Thomas.

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