Use Cases and Requirements

Use cases represent an internationally adopted technique in requirements management and engineering. The main purpose of requirements is communication. But requirements don't come from thin air: they need to be worked out and captured. This necessitates intensive communication with the stakeholders. These people are needed to ensure the success of a project.

In order to help stakeholders in formulating their requirements, we need to speak their language. We need to know what they want, what their goals are and what tasks they have to perform. Use cases facilitate communication with the stakeholders because they are written in the stakeholders' own language.

Luckily, because use cases are adopted in different phases of product or system development and at different requirement levels, there are many different styles of use-case descriptions. The style in which the use case is written is adapted to its specific purpose.

Use cases are used for eliciting and analysing requirements, as well as for formal requirements specifications. A well-written use case is very easy to understand, but much less easy to formulate. HOOD's experts have many years of practical experience in working with use cases and will help you to optimise your use of them.

HOOD will support you in establishing efficient use-case techniques in your development process and in making lasting improvements in communication.

  

For whom is this service beneficial?

• Organisations wishing to better understand and speak the language of their customers.
• Organisations wishing to improve communication between specialist departments and IT staff.
• Organisations wishing to implement use cases efficiently.