In 1987, Ivar Jacobson presented the first article on use cases at the OOPSLA'87 conference. He described how this technique was used at Ericsson to capture and specify … See more

There are many ways to write a use case in the text, from use case brief, casual, outline, to fully dressed etc., and with varied templates. … See more

In the same way that a use case describes a series of events and interactions between a user (or other types of Actor) and a system, in order to produce a result of value (goal), a business use case describes the more general interaction between … See more

Below is a sample use case written with a slightly modified version of the Cockburn-style template. Note that there are no buttons, controls, forms, or any other UI elements and operations in the basic use case description, where only user goals, subgoals, or … See more

Use cases are a technique for capturing, modeling, and specifying the requirements of a system. A use case corresponds to a set of behaviors that the system may perform in interaction with its actors, and which produces an observable result that contributes to its … See more

A use case defines the interactions between external actors and the system under consideration to accomplish a goal. Actors must be able … See more

Use cases are not only texts but also diagrams if needed. In the Unified Modeling Language, the relationships between use cases … See more