Service- and Component-based Development: Using Select Perspective™ and UML

Test case specification from a process thread diagram

Specify the order in which tests should occur during integration and acceptance testing, based on sequencing information derived from business process thread and use case diagrams.

The process thread diagram describes the sequence in which elementary business processes (EBP) or activities are performed within an overall process. Many of the functional requirements for a business solution, expressed as use cases, will be derived from the EBPs. In consequence, the process thread diagram can be used to sequence the test cases to be performed during integration or acceptance testing. The use case diagram provides information about how use cases relate to each other with 'uses' and 'extends' relationships. ...