Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition

Chapter 26. From Use Cases to Test Cases

Key Points

• One of the greatest benefits of the use-case technique is that it builds a set of assets that can be used to drive the testing process.

• Use cases can directly drive, or seed, the development of test cases.

• The scenarios of a use case create templates for individual test cases.

• Adding data values completes the test cases.

• Testing nonfunctional requirements completes the testing process.

A Tester's Perspective: Musings on the Big Black Box

• “What, exactly, is this system supposed to do, and in what order is it supposed to do it?”

• “What are all the things that can go wrong with the system, and how is the system ...