Mr Ben Constable, Analyste principal chez Sparx Systems, explore les scénarios structurés d’Enterprise Architect pour l’analyse de cas d’utilisation pilotée par un modèle:
Dans ce webinaire, vous apprendrez à:
| Example Model: | use-case-analysis-structured-scenarios.eap |  |
Enterprise Architect 10, Build 1008.
All editions other than EA Lite. In EA Lite (the free, read-only viewer) you can view structured scenarios but not edit them.
The Structured Specification Editor was introduced with the release of Enterprise Architect version 8.
In Enterprise Architect 10 or later, the Scenario and Rules window is available from the menu: Element | Scenarios & Rules.
In earlier versions, use the menu: View | Scenarios & Requirements.
Yes. You can download it from this page.
Note: The download project file may be set as 'read-only'. If so, use the Windows' File Properties dialog to turn off the 'read-only' flag.
Yes. You can export and import Use Case models, including their structured scenarios, via XMI. Most third-party tools are unlikely to read the structured scenario information as it is not specifically defined in the XMI specification. However, the information can be round-tripped across Enterprise Architect projects.
Yes. You can create baselines for a Package, then use Enterprise Architect's Baseline Comparison feature to view and roll-back changes. In the Baseline Comparison window, you will see the structured scenario changes under the node of the Use Case element's scenario. Enterprise Architect's Model Auditing feature also records and displays changes to structured scenarios. (You cannot use the audit trail to roll back changes) The following Help topics, may be of interest:
Yes. You could use one of Enterprise Architect's User Interface design profiles to create screens appropriate to each scenario. Then link the Screen element to the scenario using the Context References tab in the Structured Specification editor. See the Help topic User Interface Models.
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You only need have a Use Case element in your model. For this webinar's example project, we predefined models of formal requirements (with feature elements and business rules) and a domain model. We did this to help expose the traceability aspects of the Structured Specification Editor, but these models are not prerequisites to creating structured scenarios.
No. Double-click in the Uses or Results column for a given step. Then right-click to invoke the context menu. You should see the option available.
Note: The Specification Editor has two editing modes. First, when you select a step (but have not clicked in one of the cells) you will get a context menu that operates at the 'step level'. If you then click on a specific cell within that step, you have a context menu that is appropriate for the cell - it is this context menu that contains the Link to existing elements option for the Uses and Results columns.
Yes. In the Use Case step that includes another, simply right-click the appropriate step and choose:
Link Step to Use Case |
The step text will be replaced with the Use Case name prefixed with
In the figure below, we show what our ATM Banking System Use Case diagram would be like if we used Include relationships to encapsulate the customer authentication steps.
UML Use Case diagram with include relationships
Structured Specification tab with an include relationship
Not currently, but we understand the request and have forwarded it to the Development team for consideration. Also note: Some practitioners prefer to keep scenarios simple and avoid nested Alternate Paths using the Extends relationship.
If you'd like to send us your thoughts on this, we'd welcome your input on: [email protected]
Copying and pasting via the clipboard is probably easiest, as explained in the Help topic Structured Specification Item Context Menu.
The steps, including Alternate Path steps, are numbered by Enterprise Architect automatically. The step number for an Alternate Path is determined by the step you have selected in the Basic Path when creating the Alternate Path. If you reorder steps in the Basic Path, Enterprise Architect will automatically adjust the corresponding step numbers, including the associated Alternate Path steps.
The hyperlinks in the actions steps can refer to any glossary term, or any other element defined in the Context References tab.
Perhaps use the Constraints tab to add a performance-related constraint, if it applies to the Use Case in Général. (You could define a 'Performance' constraint type via: Settings | Project Types | Général Types | Constraints)
If the performance parameters or constraint are specific to the scenario step, add them to the Uses column. If they are encapsulated in a model element - say, a non-functional requirement - then link to that element via the Uses column.
No. Currently BPMN is not supported by the Structured Specification Editor as a target diagram type. We've added this to the requests from the webinar.
Yes. Sequence diagrams are supported by the Structured Specification Editor. However, you would need to represent the system as an element to get the appropriate Lifelines and the full picture. This is discussed in the Help topic Generated Sequence Diagram.
Yes. You can reverse engineer an Activity diagram into a structured scenario. See the Help topic Generate Scenario From Activity Diagram. Note: You are restricted in which Activity diagrams you can select - it must be one that the Structured Specification Editor has generated before. You could, however, replace the contents of that diagram, or otherwise update it, before reverse engineering the structured scenario.
Yes. You follow the same process mentioned in the above help topic Generate Scenario From Activity Diagram.
This clarifies the response given during the live session.
External Test Cases are model elements that exist in the model hierarchy as shown in the Project Browser. As 'first-class' elements, Test Cases can be placed on diagrams and have connectors to link them to other elements. They can therefore be connected, or traced, to multiple elements via Dependency connectors, for example.
Internal Test Cases exist within a model element. They define the detailed steps of a particular test (as well as relevant test metadata such as 'Status' and 'Last Run Date'). External Test Case elements can therefore contain one or more internal Test Cases.
When deciding whether to generate internal or external Test Cases from a Use Case model, determine how you want to use and access your Test Cases in the model. For the tightest traceability between a Use Case and its corresponding scenario (black-box) tests, you might choose internal Test Cases. That way, the scenario tests reside directly within the Use Case element. If you'd prefer to separate your Test and Use Case models, however, generate an External Test Case. It will still contain the appropriate set of Internal Test Cases, but you have flexibility as to where those tests reside in the model.
Each approach supported by Enterprise Architect's Structured Specification tab is illustrated below:
An External Test Case contains one or more internal test, exists separately in the model hierarchy and can be traced to the corresponding Use Case.
Generate Internal Test Cases if you want them to reside directly within the Use Case element.
The generated Activities are child elements of the Use Case element, so the trace is somewhat implicit. This is most evident when viewing the Activities in the Project Browser.
The report template is included in the sample project file. You can access the template from the menu: Project | Documentation | Document Template Designer.
The template is named My Structured Scenario Template. (Use the second drop-down list at the top of the editor to select it.)
It was created from the structured scenarios template that comes out-of-the-box with Enterprise Architect. I added a cover page and altered the way the structured scenario information is organized in the table. Some fields were excluded to make the generated report more succinct. Here are some presentations that cover template editing in more detail:
