Use Case Modeling

Chapter 7. The Structure and Contents of a Use Case

In Chapter 2 we presented formal definitions of the fundamental elements of a use-case model, described the additional artifacts that are required to enable a use-case model to form a complete software requirements specification, and had a brief look at the contents of the use-case descriptions. Before we delve into the mechanics of writing detailed use-case descriptions and completing the use case’s documentation we need to take a closer look at the structure and contents of a use case. ^[1]

Table 7-1 provides a summary of all of the properties of a use case. We have already discussed the importance and role of the name, brief description, and special requirements properties when we looked at ...