Step 1. Alice invites Bob to join her team by entering his email address and an optional invitation message.

Step 2. System sends Bob an email containing an invitation link to join Alice's team.

Step 3. Bob clicks on the invitation link.

Step 4. Bob reaches a registration/sign in page and creates his new Synapse account.

Step 5. System adds Bob's account to Alice's team.

Step 6. Bob is redirected to Alice's team's page and is notified that he has joined the team.

At step 1. The email address entered by Alice doesn't exist.

1. 1. System sends an email to Alice to notify her of the problem.
   2. Alice tries again with a different email address.

Alternative scenarios

Replacing step 2. System detects that the email address entered already has a Synapse account associated with it, presumably it's Bob's account.

1. 1. System sends Bob a membership invitation to Alice's team.
   2. Bob accepts the invitation and joins Alice's team.

Replacing step 3. Alice decides not to collaborate with Bob anymore and wants to cancel her invitation.

1. 1. Alice navigates to her team's page and clicks on the remove button associated with the pending invitation to Bob.
   2. System invalidates the invitation link sent to Bob.
      1. The link Bob received is no longer valid and directs to an error page.

Replacing step 4.

A. Bob already has a Synapse account associated with a different email address and is already signed in in his browser.

1. 1. 1. System adds Bob's account to Alice's team.
      2. Bob is redirected to Alice's team's page and is notified that he has joined the team.

B. Bob already has a Synapse account associated with a different email address but isn't signed in.

1. 1. 1. Bob signs in with his existing account.
      2. System adds Bob's account to Alice's team.
      3. Bob is redirected to Alice's team's page and is notified that he has joined the team.