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  <purpose>&lt;p>&#xD;
    The primary purpose of the Use Case is to capture the required system behavior from the perspective of the end user, to&#xD;
    achieve one or more goals. Different users benefit in different ways, of course:&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;ul>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;strong>Customers&lt;/strong> use them to describe, or at least to approve, the description of the system's behavior.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;strong>Potential users&lt;/strong> use them to understand the system's behavior.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;strong>Architects&lt;/strong> use them to identify architecturally significant functionality.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;strong>Developers&lt;/strong> use them  to understand the required system behavior so they can identify classes from&#xD;
        the Use Cases' flow of events.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;strong>Testers&lt;/strong> use them as a basis for identifying a subset of the required Test Cases.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;strong>M&lt;/strong>&lt;b>anagers&lt;/b> use them  to plan and assess the work for each iteration.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        &lt;strong>Technical writers&lt;/strong> use them to understand the sequence of system behavior that they need to&#xD;
        describe in the documentation.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
&lt;/ul></purpose>
  <representationOptions>&lt;p> Decide the extent to which you will elaborate on Use &#xD;
  Cases: &lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;ul>&#xD;
    &#xD;
  &lt;li> Describe only major flows? &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &#xD;
  &lt;li> Describe only the most important Use Cases? &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &#xD;
  &lt;li>Fully describe preconditions and post-conditions? &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &#xD;
  &lt;li> Describe scenarios first, and then raise the level of abstraction by describing &#xD;
    Use Case flows? &lt;/li>&#xD;
&lt;/ul></representationOptions>
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