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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 11 years ago 2013-11-15 18:02:39
bkuhn@ebb.org
Began CommunityHealth UseCase, focusing first on license choice.
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- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
 
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
 
- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
 
- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
 
- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
 

	
 
### Evaluation of [[Reporting|UseCases/GeneratingReports]] UseCases for Fund Accounting
 

	
 
Can each of these reports be generated, confined to a specific temporarily
 
restricted asset type?
 
   
 
- [[Trial Balance Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#trial-balance]]: FIXME
 
- [[Bank Reconciliation Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#bank-reconcilation]]: FIXME
 
- [[Chart of Accounts|UseCases/GeneratingReports#chart-of-accounts]]: FIXME
 
- [[Cash Disbursements Journal|UseCases/GeneratingReports#cash-disbursements]]: FIXME
 
- [[Income Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#income-report]]: FIXME
 
- [[Expense Report|UseCases/GeneratingReports#expense-report]]: FIXME
 

	
 
### Evaluation of [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]] UseCases
 

	
 
- [[Fund-only View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fund-view]]
 
- [[Funds as part of whole org View|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
 
- [[Ignore Funds for operations|UseCases/FundAccounting#fundless-view]]
 

	
 
### [[UseCases/Collaborating]] evaluation
 
- [[Simultaneous Editing of Ledger|UseCases/Collaborating#simultaneous-ledger-edits]]: FIXME
 
- FIXME: Other uses cases need rewrite.
 

	
 
### Evaluation of [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]] UseCases
 

	
 
- Does the system implement pure double-entry accounting?
 

	
 
### Evaluation of [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]] UseCases
 

	
 
- Does the system [[link up to external documentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-up]]?
 

	
 
- Does it have a [[the ability to explore transactions via documentation linkage|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation#document-link-explore]]?
 

	
 
### Evaluation of [[Handling multiple currencies|UseCases/MultiCurrency]] UseCases
 

	
 
- Does it support the concept of
 
  [[a single functional currency|UseCases/MultiCurrency]], while still
 
  permitting multi-currency entries?
 

	
 
### Evaluation of [[draft transaction|UseCases/DraftTransactions]] UseCases
 

	
 
- Does the system allow
 
  [[generally for draft transactions|UseCases/DraftTransactions#draft-general]]
 
  that can be later approved before officially being posted to the books? 
 

	
 
### Evaluation of WorkFlow UseCases
 
- Is a [[specific workflow dictated by the system|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-dictated]] ?
 
- Is a [[the workflow configurable|UseCases/WorkFlow#workflow-configurable]] ?
 
- [[Unaccrued Invoice|UseCases/WorkFlow#unaccrued-invioice]] ?
 

	
 
### Evaluation of the [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
 

	
 
FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for manipulating the accounting
 
data does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions.
 

	
 
### Evaluation of the [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
 

	
 
FIXME: This is assessment of what the API for storing the accounting data
 
does, so I think it's tough to do it as a list of questions.
 

	
 
### Evaluation of the [[Community Health|USeCases/CommunityHealth]]
 
- Is the [[license both determined as Free Software by FSF and OSI-approved|USeCases/CommunityHealth#license-approved]]?
 
- Is the [[license GPL-compatible||USeCases/CommunityHealth#gpl-compatible]]?
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Feel free to add your own usecase to this list.
 

	
 
Resources on writing good use cases:
 

	
 
- <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_case#Templates>
 
- <http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/advantages-of-the-as-a-user-i-want-user-story-template>
 

	
 
A simple form of a use case is
 

	
 
> “As a \<type of user>, I want \<some goal> so that \<some reason>.”
 

	
 
You should add your use case as a subpage of the [[UseCases]] page, to create a new page, simply enter the name of the subpage in the address bar after `/UseCases/`.
 

	
 
## Use cases
 

	
 
If you add or edit UseCases here, please also keep the
 
[[evaluation template|ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate]] in sync with the
 
use cases.  In other words, if you add a UseCase important enough to be a
 
criteria in evaluating ExistingProjects, then please make sure to update the
 
[[evaluation template|ExistingProjects/EvaluationTemplate]].
 

	
 
### Non-Technical-User-Centric Use Cases
 
- [[GeneratingReports]]
 
- [[Collaborating]]
 
- [[Fund Accounting|UseCases/FundAccounting]]
 
- [[Double-entry Accounting|UseCases/DoubleEntryAccounting]]
 
- [[TrackingIncomeType|UseCases/TrackingIncomeType]]
 
- [[TrackingDocumentation|UseCases/TrackingDocumentation]]
 
- [[Handling expense reports and reimbursement requests|UseCases/ReimbursementRequest]]
 
- [[Handling contractors and contracts|UseCases/ContractorsAndContracts]]
 
- [[Handling multiple currencies|UseCases/MultiCurrency]]
 
- [[Draft transactions and approval|UseCases/DraftTransactions]]
 
- [[Workflow for Non-Profit Accounting|UseCases/WorkFlow]]
 

	
 
### Technical-User-Centeric Use Cases
 

	
 
- [[Reading and Reporting API|UseCases/ReadingAPI]]
 
- [[Storage API|UseCases/StorageAPI]]
 
- [[Health Assessment of the Development Community|UseCases/CommunityHealth]]
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# Health of the Development Community
 

	
 
## Good License Choice
 

	
 
<a id="license-approved"></a>
 
Obviously, code that's not under a license that is both
 
[OSI approved](http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical) and is not
 
[approved by FSF as a Free Software license](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses)
 
is completely useless to us.
 

	
 
<a id="gpl-compatible"></a>
 
It would also be quite preferable if the code were under a
 
[a license that FSF has determined is GPL-compatible](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses),
 
so that code from GPL'd projects can be easily shared and GPL'd applications
 
can be built on top of anything we build.  Code not under a GPL-compatible
 
license would face a high burden (i.e., the code would really have to be
 
absolutely wonderful in all other respects) to dictate such a license choice.
 

	
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