Use Case Template and an Example

In a recent post, I provided a definition of use case as well as an example.

The example I provided uses a very simple format. In most real-world projects, teams find it helpful to use a more fully-dressed format.

In this post, I share a use case template in a fully-dressed format, as well as a use case example using the template. You can even download the template as a Microsoft Word file.

Alright, here we go…
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Use Cases – Top-10 Reasons for Using Them to Document Your Requirements

In my previous post, I provided a definition of Use Case along with an example. I also took a strong stance against considering UML diagrams as use cases.

Matt Klein made a good observation on Twitter today on how use cases are often not used well when documenting requirements:

Use Cases are important and very often not captured or documented correctly…

In this post, I’d like to share with you 10 reasons why you should use Use Cases while documenting your requirements.
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Use Cases – Definition (Requirements Management Basics)

A question that frequently comes up in my conversations nowadays is:

What exactly is a Use Case?

Let me try and explain it in this short blog post.
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