How to Capture Software Requirements:
An Introduction to Use Case Modeling

 

By Norman Daoust of Daoust Associates

Information Modeling and System Integration: Consulting and Training

IEEE Consultants Network Meeting -- Wednesday,  7:00 PM,  February  22, 2006

Description

An overview of the use case analysis methodology used for capturing system functional requirements for computer systems. The presentation includes a valuable set of guidelines for people writing use cases.

Audience

Product managers, project managers, end users, analysts, designers, quality assurance and testing personnel.

Goals

To provide a helpful framework for captureing requirements utilizing use case analysis.

After the session, you should be able to:

  • read a use case diagram
  • understand the uses of the various items in a use case text template
  • understand which types of requirements are appropriately modeled as use cases and which types are not

Norman Daoust Biography

Prior to founding Daoust Associates, Norman was the modeling, standards, and Health Level Seven expert at Partners HealthCare Systems and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He has also worked as a software developer for a national healthcare vendor (Siemens), a national consulting firm (Bradford National Corporation), and the state of Massachusetts. One of Norman's previous occupations was as a school teacher. He holds a B.S., cum laude, in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Norman holds two crucial positions in Health Level Seven (HL7), the international healthcare standards organization: Secretary of the Technical Steering Committee, and Modeling and Methodology Facilitator for the Patient Administration Committee. He has been an active contributor to the Health Level Seven Reference Information Model, a comprehensive healthcare data model, since its inception. In recognition of his contributions to that organization, he was bestowed their W. Ed Hammond, Ph.D., Volunteer of the Year award.

Norman also serves as the President of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants Association (ICCA) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Chapter of the Data Management Association International (DAMA).

For some reason he thrives on projects and tasks that most other people avoid!

 

Norman Daoust of Daoust Associates

Information Modeling and System Integration: Consulting and Training

(617) 491-7424 (phone)

NormanD@DaoustAssociates.com

157 Raymond St

Cambridge, MA 02140-3314 USA

www.DaoustAssociates.com

 

PLEASE NOTE:

No charge for Consultants Network members; $7 charge at the door for non-members.  Casual dress.

The Consultants Network meeting starts at 7:00 PM.  The meeting location is the SHERATON LEXINGTON INN, 727 Marrett Road (Rt. 2A) in Lexington, MA.  From Route 128 take Exit 30B (Hanscom Field/Concord) onto Route 2A West. The hotel entrance is on the right. Check the Consultants Network website for details and last minute information.  For more information, e-mail cn.boston@ieee.org or cnchairman@boston-consult.com; or contact the chairman Tom Vaughan at 781-344-0087. The Consultants Network website is at www.boston-consult.org