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  • I think the next stage afterwards is choose two of the use cases and describe them. The first stage is: list of actors and use cases initiated by each actor. My problem is i dont have a clue where to start with the whole requirements list and how each differs Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 16:59
  • @RHH Bear in mind that requirements aren't use cases. You need to read them, then work out who the actors must be - what people will be interacting with the system. That's the easy bit. Teasing out the use cases is more difficult. You need to look at what the system is supposed to do, from the requirements, and then work out how the people will need to interact with the system to achieve that. That is entirely down to you working out what the system is for, and then teasing out what the users will do. The question writers aren't making it easy for you here. Commented Mar 11, 2019 at 22:50
  • So where do i begin with this then... I need to read through the requirements and pick out elements of what the system needs to do. Then see who interacts with them. And then what do you mean by teasing? Also, say when i actually understsnd and begin to document it... what will i need to document. Just a list of actors and use cases linked to them. Or the actual diagram, and if so a diagram for each of the 5 seperate areas of the requirements or all together Commented Mar 12, 2019 at 13:23
  • By "teasing", I just mean that some use cases are more obvious than others. 3.1.8 looks like a use case to me. 3.2.2 isn't a use case at all. There might be one or even two use cases implied by 3.2.7. Commented Mar 12, 2019 at 16:01
  • I think I'm starting to get it a bit more, so basically I've just got to go through the requirements and determine which are actual things the system needs to do Commented Mar 12, 2019 at 16:08