One of the issues high on the agenda of many CIOs is to align IT efforts with the company’s strategic goals. But how you do trace a line of code back to the strategic goal that caused it to be written? If we’re able to do this then, and only then, can it be said that IT is aligned with the business strategy.
A use case study is designed to describe a situation in which the program is being utilized by the end user. It will tell a story of sorts describing how the program works and the input of the user. It does not tell how the program was developed. The details of the programming are not included in the use case study. You are trying to express the concept behind the creation.
Author: Tony de Bree
Geri Schneider Winters writes about whether or not you could write alternatives to alternatives in use cases.
There is no actual standard for the formatting of a use case specification, just guidelines and best practices. Therefore, if using alternatives to alternatives in use cases makes the use case more clear - use it, by any means.
Author: Geri Schneider Winters
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