Advanced Use Case Modeling: Software Systems

Chapter 7. Performing Initial Use Case Modeling

What’s in this chapter?

This chapter discusses the initial steps in creating the use case model. The outcome of this activity group is a use case model that captures a conceptual picture of what the system needs to do.

This chapter outlines the initial activities for creating the use case model, a process we refer to as initial use case modeling. The outcome of this activity group is a use case model that captures a “conceptual” picture of what the system needs to do. During initial use case modeling, the key behaviors of the system are defined, the major actors are identified, and an initial mapping to high-level business objects is performed.

As shown in Figure 7-1, the activities in this ...