Comments on: What is the key to writing a good Use Case? http://ask.goodproductmanager.com/2008/02/04/what-is-the-key-to-writing-a-good-use-case/ Your product management questions answered Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:24:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Patrick Masi http://ask.goodproductmanager.com/2008/02/04/what-is-the-key-to-writing-a-good-use-case/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Patrick Masi Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:07:46 +0000 http://ask.goodproductmanager.com/2008/02/04/what-is-the-key-to-writing-a-good-use-case/#comment-13 Another decent test for a good use case is just to make sure that it avoids any language that implies specific designs. Sentences that start with "the user clicks the start button" or "the user selects an option from the menu" are red flags - instead of defining the business requirements, you are dictating the design. We like to say that a good use case should be accurate even in a world without computers - this way, you are sure that the business process is driving the software solution, not the other way around. Another decent test for a good use case is just to make sure that it avoids any language that implies specific designs. Sentences that start with “the user clicks the start button” or “the user selects an option from the menu” are red flags – instead of defining the business requirements, you are dictating the design.

We like to say that a good use case should be accurate even in a world without computers – this way, you are sure that the business process is driving the software solution, not the other way around.

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