I updated the text description to use cases 1 & 2 to reflect the image and my thinking. (See attached file: AA_CreateUseCasesV2.0.ppt) Thomas W. Studwell Senior Technical Staff Member, Autonomic Computing Architecture IBM Software Group B140/Bldg 500 4205 S Miami Blvd, Durham, NC 27703 (919) 254-7574 Fax: (919) 254-7628 Mobile: (919) 619-1038 studwell@us.ibm.com "The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity." Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965)