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Name:Product BrowsingActor:Visitor, ShopperDescription:the visitor opens the home page of the site

and starts browsing the categories of the products and theproducts under each category.Flow of Events:

1. the visitor opens the home page of the web site2. the visitor selects a category of the products3. the visitor is redirected to the product list page

containing the products under the category he has

chosen. the visitor selects a product to view its details!. the visitor is redirected to the product details page

Alternative Flow of Events:

Preconditions:

Post conditions:

Special Requirements:

Name:"dding a product to shopping bas#etActor:shopperDescription:the shopper views the details of the productand choose add product to the shopping bas#et. $heshopper specifies the %uantity and then the product isadded to the shopper&s shopping bas#et.Flow of Events:

1. $he shopper opens the product details page2. $he shopper clic#s the "dd to Bas#et lin#3. $he shopper is redirected to the product %uantity

page.

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. $he shopper enters the %uantity he wants andclic#s "dd to Bas#et lin#.!. $he shopper is redirected to the bas#et page that

displays the products he has added to it.

Alternative Flow of Events:

' $he visitor clic#s "dd to Bas#et on the productdetails page before logging in.o $he visitor is redirected to the login page to

provide his user name and password

o $he user is the redirected to the product%uantity page

' $he product %uantity available is less than the%uantity re%uested by the user.o $he user gets a message indicating that the

%uantity available cannot cover the re%uested%uantity.

Preconditions:

-the shopper has logged in to the site with his user nameand password'the product %uantity available is more than (ero.Post conditions:

' $he product is added to the shopping bas#et of theshopper.

' $he shopper is redirected to the bas#et page wherehe can see the products added to it and remove ofthem, update the %uantity of any one or empty thebas#et as a whole.

Special Requirements:

Name:)hec#ing *ut bas#etActor:Shopper

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Description:the shopper opens the bas#et page andclic#s the chec#out lin#. $he shopper is redirected to theshipping data page where he can provide the shipping

information. $he shopper provides the shippinginformation and then goes to the payment page toprovide the billing information.Flow of Events:

1. the shopper opens his bas#et page and clic#schec#out

2. the shopper is redirected to shipping data page

3. the shopper enters the his shipping data and thenclic#s ne+t. the system calculates the shipping fees according

to the followinga. the shipping fees are calculated according to

the number of the products in the bas#eti. less than 1- , the shipping fees are (ero

ii. from 1- to 3-, the shipping fees are 1!

iii. from 31 to !-, the shipping fees are 3-

iv. more than !-, the shipping fees are - !. the shopper is redirected to the payment data page/. $he shopper is provided with the calculated

shipping fees on the payment page.

0. $he shopper provides the billing information andthen clic#s ne+t.

. the system validates the credit card informationprovided by the shipper

. the shopper clic#s submit1-. the shopper is redirected to the confirmation

page

11. the shopper clic#s o#

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12. the system saves the order data and provides anorder id to the shopper

13. an email receipt is sent to the shopper

Alternative Flow of Events:' f the e+pire date of credit card was less than the

current date a message indicating that will bedisplayed to the shopper.

Preconditions:

' the shopper must log in

' the shopper has products in the bas#etPost conditions:' $he shopper receives an email receipt and gets the id ofhis order.Special Requirements:

Name:Profile 4anagement

Actor:ShopperDescription:the shopper opens the profile page andupdates its entries and save the changesFlow of Events:

1. the shopper opens the profile page and clic#s edit2. the page displays the profile entries in te+t bo+es

so that they are editable3. the shopper ma#es the modifications he wants to

the profile entries and clic#s saveAlternative Flow of Events:

Preconditions:

' $he shopper has logged inPost conditions:

- $he new modifications are saved in the database.

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Special Requirements:

Name:5etting *rder 6istory

Actor:shopperDescription:the shopper opens the order history pageand gets the status of all the orders he has made before.Flow of Events:

1. the shopper opens the order history page2. the id, date and status of each order are listed on

the page

Alternative Flow of Events:' f the shopper has no orders made previously he willget a message regarding this.

Preconditions:

' $he shopper has logged inPost conditions:

Special Requirements:

Name:Searching ProductsActor:ShopperDescription:$he shopper opens the Search page andprovides the price rating he li#es to get the productsmatching the provided price rating.

Flow of Events:1. $he shopper opens the search page2. $he shopper enters the name or the price rating ofthe product 7low and high rates8 or both3. $he shopper clic#s the search button and gets theproducts that their prices fall in the range specified.

Alternative Flow of Events:

' no products match the specified price ratings

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o $he user gets a message telling that no

products match the specified prices.Preconditions:

Post conditions:

-the user gets a list of the products that match the pricerating specified and he can view the details of theproduct by clic#ing its name.

Special Requirements: