Re: [use_cases] Proposed framework for organizing use cases

> On Feb 25, 2015, at 5:52 PM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Payments IG (Use Cases Task Force),
> 
> I have an action item [1] to review use case 3.1 (in [2]) and propose changes (to the template).
> 
> I’ve not done my action, but I’ve done something else that I would like to present to the group at the 25 February call, 
> a first draft of:
> 
>   Organizing Web Payments Use Cases
>   http://www.w3.org/2015/Talks/ij-usecases/
> 
> While I was working on a revision to 3.1, I found that I wanted to make explicit the relationship between this use 
> case and other use cases. I believe others have felt similarly since the document already says things like
> "For more information on what happens next, see the choosing a payment instrument use case.”
> 
> I also found that in order to keep the use case simple, I wanted to write down a description of a payment
> flow as a sort of complementary explanation.
> 
> In the end I decided to spend my time on a framework for organizing the use cases that would (ideally):
> 
> * Make it easier to understand the use cases because they would be understood as part of a (simple) payment model.
> * Make it easier to see how all the use cases fit together
> * Make it easier to determine whether use cases overlap ways that are not useful.
> * Make it easier to spot gaps in our use cases.
> 
> Manu let me know that there had already been some work on something like this [3] but I was not aware of
> that work. 
> 
> I look forward to sharing the ideas with you and getting your feedback. If this framework proves useful and gains
> support, then I will return to my action item. 

Argh, I forgot to thank Manu for spending time with me and discussing this as I developed the draft!!

Ian

> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ian
> 
> [1] https://www.w3.org/Payments/IG/track/actions/69
> [2] https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webpayments/raw-file/default/latest/use-cases/index.html
> [3] https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webpayments-ig/2015Jan/0006.html
> 
> [ACTION-69]
> 
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Received on Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:54:56 UTC