Use Case Description - Identify applicant

Name of Use Case: Identify applicant

Project: Applicant feedback scoping study

Author	Alan Paull
Creation Date	20 Feb 07
Last Update Date	29 Mar 07
Version	1.0
Diagram	Use case diagram

Description
Information is retrieved from the applicants database.

Narrative

Information is retrieved from the applicants database, for example to confirm the applicant's identity or to identify the admissions tutor.

Conditions

Preconditions	Identifying data passed to the database
Successful end condition	Relevant applicant record retrieved
Failed end condition	Incorrect or no applicant record retrieved.

Primary Actors	Database of applicants
Secondary Actors

Trigger

Request for retrieval of applicant data

Included Use Cases

None

Main Flow


1. Personal data relating to an applicant is passed to the database of applicants
2. Applicant record is retrieved.
[Failed condition is trivial for our purposes, so not shown]