19. Use Case Specification

Link to the use cases for our team: http://code.google.com/p/myisern-1-red/w/list

When we started working on the use cases during our meeting, one minor problem we faced was finding a suitable template for it. This problem is solved after doing some googling and looking at other group's use cases.

By writing up the use cases, we pulled back from our programmer's perspective and looked at the program from the user's point view. This is very useful when we work on the user-interface and the program design as we have this as a reference guide. This way, we know what the users are using it for and expects and we can then model our design to best accommodate their need while saving us time on pondering through various design implementations. Moreover, by writing out the steps that the user takes to perform a particular action, we can see clearly whether there are reluctant steps and then simplify it.