Michael C. Daconta Chief Technology Officer, AIM

User Scenario Basics Able to draw in Powerpoint or on paper. Modified Use Case Notation Capture (see figure): Actors, Activities, Data flows and Data stores. Two types of views High-Level (Overview) Actors, Activities, Flows Detailed (Subsystem View) Same as High Level plus Steps in Activities Data Entities and Attributes 2 ActorsDataActivity performuse (verbs)(nouns)

User Scenario Notation Sub- System End-user External System Activity Activity Title 1.Step1… 2.Step 2… 3.Step 3… flow store ActorsActivitiesData 1.Entity 1 a.Attribute 1 b.Attribute 2 2.Entity 2 (for Detailed View) Explanatory Note

Example Overview Diagram Portal Catalog Data Exchange Hub Create Account Drill-Down Visualize Adapter FIS External System Scientist John Smith Data Source Metadata Common Data Model

Example Detailed View Catalog 1.Data Source a.Name b.Location c.Periods of Data d.Domain of Data e.Confidentiality Level Find Data Sources Get User Authorizations 1.Receive User Credentials 2.Receive User Search Criteria 3.Query Data Store 4.Return authorized results Credentials 1 contains: Username, password, Authorization, etc.