Developing use-cases in a group

The Battelle Arlington Federal Civilian Operations team developed a collaborative, electronic approach for use-case analysis that is innovative, customizable, and efficient. The team used meeting room software as the vehicle for collecting all the data for the requirements for information system life cycle processes for the United States Coast Guard and for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tobacco Oversight Program. The basic work done in use-case workshops formed the foundation for the fast turnaround of requirements into the system design and speeded up the process for implementation, which is underway. The process was fully documented, is easy to use, and is repeatable. Adaptations to the methodology have already been undertaken and have shown that it can be easily modified to specific needs.