use cases

When it applies

Use cases are the specific situations or scenarios in which something might be employed.

The term comes from software development, where engineers document how users will interact with a system: What are the use cases for this feature?

It has spread to business and technology generally, often meaning simply applications or purposes: Electric vehicles have obvious use cases in urban delivery.

applications

scenarios

Imagined sequences of events

workflow · functionality · design · architecture · platform · software · enterprise · solution · deployment · automation

testing

acceptance

Consent to receive

functional · performance · validation · verification · coverage · scenarios · quality assurance · traceability · specification · boundary

Categories
Opposites
applicability

use casesfailure modes

Categories of malfunction

edge cases · limitations · contraindications · dead ends

specificity

use casesgeneral principles

Foundational rules governing something

blanket statements

Family

use, case, uses, cases, used, user, users, usable, useable

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