Feedback to the initial use case model (remarks, questions and accepted changes):

• Q/R: Active MU members can also apply for new study. Shouldn't the Active MU member associate the Electronic Application use case?
  • A: When active MU member is applying for a new study then he/she is in the role Guest User at this moment. Therefore no changes to use case diagram are needed.
• Q/R: Alumni and employees of the Office of Studies have also embedded e-mail client as well as external services available.
  • A: Correct, accepted.
• Q/R: Students can also manage their publications.
  • A: Correct, accepted.
• Q/R: Why Discussion Group inherits from Noticeboard?
  • A: These functionalities look very similar. Discussion group can be seen as a noticeboard with extended functions, at least at this stage of analysis.
• Q/R: Noticeboard should be available to Guest Users as well as to employees of the Office of Studies.
  • A: Correct, accepted.
• Q/R: Why is the Supervisor agenda available to students?
  • A: At least PhD students can supervise thesis.
• Q/R: Why is the Schoolmates agenda available for teachers which are not alumni of MU?
  • A: In fact, "schoolmates" is not the best name for this use case because this agenda is more general, including services to "meet people", etc.
• Note: A new MU member actor in the second version of the project (see links bellow) has been added to simplify communication relationships.

Tasks:

• Discuss changes in refined use case model.
• Teacher will explain basic Fowler's analysis patterns and demonstrate their application on a case study. Patterns that seems to be valuable for IS MU project:
  • Party + Accountability
  • Quantity + Conversion Ratio + Individual Instance Method (?)
  • Identification scheme
  • Proposed and Implemented Action + Completed and Abandoned Actions + [Suspension + Plan]
• Students will deeply study selected patterns. In the next lesson they will apply them to the problem domain model of the IS MU project.