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Use cases

Use cases describe functional requirements. They are used as input for the

system and application design. Furthermore, use cases are the key proof points

for the solution delivered to the customer. The final solution test runs utilize the

use cases to which the customer and the system provider agreed to at the

project’s start.

The following use cases were considered in the ITSO Railway inventory system

example:

򐂰 Start application

򐂰 Input data and submit form

򐂰 Synchronize forms

򐂰 Deploy and manage application

Table 11-3 on page 218 through Table 11-6 on page 222 contain mo