Chapter 4 Building Use Case Diagrams

Use Cases

A use case is an interaction between a user and a system (or part of a system). It defines a discrete goal that a user wants to achieve with the system, without revealing the system's internal structure.

A use case can be created in the following diagrams:

• Use Case Diagram

Example

In this example, "buy tickets" and "buy subscriptions" are use cases.

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