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Use case

In both software and systems engineering, a use case is a structured description of a system’s behavior as it responds to requests from external actors, aiming to achieve a specific goal. The term is also used outside software/systems engineering to describe how something can be used.

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related to Further reading · 83
Use case → Addison-Wesley, Addison-Wesley Professional, Advanced Use Case Modeling, Alexander, Alistair, Applying Use Cases, Armour, August, Bertrand, Beus-Dukic, Bittner, Christerson, Cockburn, Daryl, Dean Leffingwell, December, Deliver Quality, Denney, Design, Discovering Requirements
related to Limitations · 17
Use case → Another, ArchiMate ARMOR, As, Bertrand Meyer, BMM, Cockburn, In, KAOS, Limitations, Problem, Some, These, This, Though, UI, Use, While
related to Actors · 11
Use case → Actors, An, Automated Teller Machine, Bank Teller, Customer, Department, For, Insurance, Internal Revenue Service, Joe, Similarly
related to External links · 11
Use case → Academia, Alistair CockburnUse Cases, Archived, Basic Use Case Template, GSA's Usability, IBM Developer, January, Project Icarus, September, Use, Wayback Machine
related to history · 11
Use case → English, Ericsson, He, In, Ivar Jacobson, Object-Oriented Software Engineering, OOPSLA'87, OOSE, Originally, Swedish, Use Case Driven Approach
related to Usage · 10
Use case → IBM Rational Unified Process, Object Oriented Software Engineering, OOSE, RUP, SRS, UML, Unified Modeling Language, Unified Software Development Process, UP, Use
related to Visual modeling · 10
Use case → In, Ivar Jacobson's Objectory, Specifically, SSD, SuD, SysML, System Sequence Diagram, UML, Unified Modeling Language, Use
related to Fowler style · 8
Use case → An, ExtensionExtension, Extensions, He, Main Success Scenario, Martin Fowler, There, Title
related to Variations · 7
Use case → Business, Essential, It, System, There, They, This
related to Business use case · 6
Use case → Actor, An, If, In, The, These

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Use caseis astructured description of a system’s behavior as it responds to requests from external actors0.90text
Use caseis alist of actions or event steps typically defining the interactions between a role0.90text
Use caseis apolyseme with two senses0.90text
special conditionsinstance ofas well as variants0.80text
exceptionsinstance ofas well as variants0.80text
or error situations.According to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledgeinstance ofas well as variants0.80text
the Internal Revenue Serviceinstance ofand regulatory bodies0.80text
the Department of Insuranceinstance ofand regulatory bodies0.80text
activity diagramsinstance ofother behavioral UML diagrams0.80text
sequence diagramsinstance ofother behavioral UML diagrams0.80text
communication diagramsinstance ofother behavioral UML diagrams0.80text
and state machine diagrams can also be used to visualize use cases accordinglyinstance ofother behavioral UML diagrams0.80text

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