Produce UML Use Cases from Business Process Diagram (BPD)

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To create use case from business process diagram:

1. In business process diagram, a task is an activity performed by specific user. Since use case is a set of action performed by a system which aims to yield an observable goal to the user. We can consider a task is a use case. Let's create a use case from the Select Inspection cases for next week task inside Regular Inspection To-be Process business process diagram. Right click on the task and select Related Elements > Create Use Case.
   
2. The Create Use Case dialog will be shown.
   
3. We first specify the Model for storing the use case. Let's create a model for store all use case related stuff. Select FireSafetyDepartment in the tree, and press New Model button.
   
4. Name the model as Use Case Model. Press OK.
   
5. The detail of the use case can be specified in the Use Case Specification section.
6. Select the Transit Parent Lane as Actor checkbox. This will create actor base on the lane containing the task and link it to the generated use case.
   
7. Press OK to proceed.
8. The Visualize Model Element dialog will be opened, and you can select creating the use case and actor in a new diagram or an existing diagram. Let's create the use case and actor to a new diagram. Name the diagram as Fire Safety Use Case Diagram. Press OK.
   
9. The use case diagram has been created.
   
10. Let's create a system boundary containing the use case. Select System from the diagram toolbar, and drag it over the use case. Name the use case as Fire Safety System.
    
11. You can always trace between use case and task though the transit resource icon.
    
    
12. By default the transit resource icon will be shown when the shape is selected. You can always turn on this resource icon by right click on the diagram and select Presentation Options > Always Show Reference, Sub Diagram and Model Transitor Resource.
    

Resources

1. FireSafetyDepartment.vpp