Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition

Chapter 14. A Use Case Primer

Key Points

• Use cases carry the majority of the requirements for the system.

• The development team, with user involvement, writes the use cases.

• Use cases are built on a common, standard format.

• Use cases later drive test case development.

Earlier in the book we introduced the concepts of the use case and the actors that participate in them. We used them in Chapter 6 to model a business system and in Chapter 7 to help define the system boundaries for our case study. In this chapter, we take a more thorough look at the use-case method, to help you understand the motivation for using use cases and to learn how to apply them in a more rigorous manner.

However, it is not the purpose of the book to teach you everything there is ...