New Course! - 'Use Case for Business Requirements'.

This 2-day course covers how to prescribe requirements for a system development/change in terms of Use Cases and how to incorporate the Use Cases into the Business Requirements Document (BRD).

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this course is

	To provide the delegate with hands-on practical experience in understanding, specifying and writing Use Cases
	To enable delegates to specify business requirements in terms of Use Cases.

WHO WILL THE COURSE BENEFIT?

Business Analysts or any persons responsible for producing a Business Requirements Document who are not familiar with Use Cases.

WHAT SKILLS WILL EACH DELEGATE GAIN?
On completion of the course, delegates will be able to:

	Produce a Business Requirements Document incorporating Use Cases to specify requirements..
	Model a System with a Use Case Diagram.
	Specify Use Case conditional logic with Structured English.
	State the difference between a Conceptual Use Case and a Base Use Case.
	Identify the key elements of a Use Case model, including actors.
	Identify the components of a Use Case, including Basic Flow, Pre-conditions, Post-conditions, Sub-Flows and Alternate Flows.
	Demonstrate the difference between an Alternative Flow Description and an Extending Use Case.
	Specify Included Use Cases.
	Specify Use Case Instances.

WHAT METHODS ARE USED TO IMPART THESE SKILLS?

	Facilitated sessions supported by visual aids.
	Class examples with delegate involvement.
	Delegate exercises.
	Syndicate Case Study work.
	Delegate copies of visuals presented.

Use Case Course Structure

                 Business Information Models and Process Decomposition
                 Structured English
                 Introduction to the Case Study
                 Use Case Definition
                 Use Case Modelling
                 Conceptual Use Cases
                 The Use Case Diagram
                 Using Business Information Models to generate Use Cases
                 The Activity Description

Day 2

                 Non-behavioural Requirements
                 Business Controls
                 Alternate Flows
                 The Extending Use Case
                 The Included Use Case
                 The Use Case Family
                 The Included Use Case Table
                 Use Case Instances
                 Dealing with Change
                 Writing the Business Requirements Document