1     Organization and Formatting

1.1    General (same as for other B-sheets; follow this link for easy reference)

1.2    Sheet-Specific — Accommodating One or More End-User Cases

Three sheets are provided in the template with subtitles of End-User Case 1 (Short Name), End-User Case 2 (Short Name), and End-User Case 3 (Short Name).

• If you have three end-user cases, you are all set.
• If you have only two end-user cases, delete the third sheet of the three provided.
• If you have only one end-user case:
  • delete the second and third sheets of the three provided, AND
  • delete the subtitle (text field) End-User Case 1 (Short Name) from the one remaining sheet.

2     Content Presentation

For each end-user use case (one sheet each):

• If you have more than one end-user cases (i.e., the sheet subtitle has not been deleted as noted above), provide a short descriptive name in the sheet subtitle, replacing the text Short Name; for example: Machine Operator, Tool-Room Technician, Surgeon, and Surgical Technician.
• Begin with a use-case flow diagram. A pre-titled Flow Diagram box/frame is provided.  An example is included on the template.
• In the pre-titled Description textbox, provide a concise but thorough textual description of the steps and their sequence, making liberal use of bullet-point and/or numbered lists and, only if necessary, short paragraphs (2-3 sentences, rather than long paragraphs).
• Complete the page by populating the pre-titled Page Output In this case, the page output includes conclusions and where this information is next used (“where next”) and for what and/or how it is used (hint: engineering requirements; you need to say more than that though!).  As noted, this concluding box is very important to help someone “reading this story” to follow the technical storyline — your logical flow of thought.  The conclusions should succinctly indicate the needs and wants that evolve from the use case.  The “where next” aspect should be a brief comment/description on where this information will next be used and how.  This is important so your audience can follow the thinking path through your work product presented in this and the continuing sequence of pages.  Many pages in the TAD have a Page Output textbox, again because its content is important for your reader to follow the flow of your thinking.

3     Examples of Great Work

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