Use Cases validation (2024)

Selection of Use Case Validation in theValidate menu launches the current Use Case model validation. Use Case model validation checks the following.

1. Use case model elements must be unique. There shouldn't be any duplicate use case or actor.
2. All include and extend relation must refer to normal use cases
3. There must not be cycles of use cases inclusion.
4. A use case Primary Actor must be a domain Concept.
5. A use case Precondition must be a valid condition.
   • the syntax must conform to condition syntax,
   • the entities used must be present in the domain model (as System Concepts, Concepts or Attributes),
   • the discrete values used in must be defined as possible values of the corresponding entities,
   • if a general comparison is used as value in a condition, the entity in that condition must have no possible value defined.
6. A use case Postcondition must be a valid condition (same as preconditions).
7. Use Case steps must follow the use case syntax.
   • When an after delay and a before delay are used in conjunction, the delay value of the before delay must be greater than the delay value of the after delay.
   • Step conditions must be valid conditions.
   • Operation instances must be present in the domain model.
   • Use case inclusion operations must refer to normal use cases.