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Subject:Re: use cases - what are they good for From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:32:39 -0800
I think the goal of these cases is less to document what the product
does than how the intended reader of the document is to use it. If
you're writing documents for end-users, you don't always want to
tell them everything the product does.
I have written some of the material you asked about, but only on an
internal basis within one company, not industry standards.
Gene Kim-Eng
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> Based on the discussion here seems to me that use cases are more about
> nailing down the processes/procedures that need to be implemented in a
> product design rather than about documenting what the product does once
> built.
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