A Use Case Template: Draft for Discussion

Abstract

One of the more surprising things about the UML standard is the lack of detail on the structure of use cases. The UML semantics [1] state that “A use case can be described in plain text, using operations, in activity diagrams, by a state-machine, or by other behavior description techniques, such as pre-and post conditions. The interaction between the use case and the actors can also be presented in collaboration diagrams.”