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Well, a use case is sort of task-based, but it shows all the activities that a user wants to perform as well as alternate actions and the behavior of the software. However, use cases are usually produced as part of the requirements process and are written by the business analyst. They aren't very useful to anyone except software designers. I haven't even found them very useful for trying to figure out new software and documented it. Is she asking you to do the business analyst job? Or maybe she doesn't really understand what she's asking?
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From: techwr-l-bounces+kay -dot- robart=tea -dot- texas -dot- gov -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+kay -dot- robart=tea -dot- texas -dot- gov -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Julie Stickler
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2015 11:48 AM
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Subject: "use-case based documentation"
One of our Product Managers keeps using the phrase "use-case based documentation" as in, that's something she wants the doc team to provide.
I suspect what she means is task based documentation, but she insists that's not what she means.
However, she has so far failed to provide me with an example of what she wants.
Anyone out there ever provided use-case based documentation? Got any good blogs posts, articles, presentations, or examples so I could get a better idea of what exactly she's asking for?
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