Summary

• Title: Reset password
• Scope: Authentication
• Level: User Goal
• Actors: Anonymous user
• Brief: Any not logged in user can reset his password by knowing his username and email address.

Scenarios

• Precondition: Website opened
• Main success scenario: User successfully resets his password. An email containing the new password will be sent.
• Alternative scenario: The entered credentials could not be validated (do not match), which will result in an error being displayed.
• Error scenario: Technical problems prevent the password reset from completing. The user is informed about the issue.
• Postcondition: User has a newly generated password that they can change after a successful authentication.
• Non-functional Constraints:
  • Security mechanism
  • Recovery mechanism