Statistics: (2985 Views) (0 Comments) Print Posted: Sunday, July 29, 2007 Categories: Functional Specifications, Use Cases

A use case represents a case of use of a system, ideally one that captures a functional requirement in terms of an identifiable and testable goal. So, what is the best way to document a use case? Approaches to content range from diagrammatic to textual, formal to free form, expansive and detailed to brief and abstract. The approaches to tool usage and authoring are just as varied. Here are some suggestions for a simple and streamlined, yet reasoned and thorough, approach to use case documentation.

Author: Kevlin Henney