Software development and management

what is a system

what Is being described

what is an actor

someone who interacts with the system

what is a use case

what actors can do

what does a use case describe

the functionality expected from systems under development

what is the ways that actors interact with the system

by using use cases or being used by use cases

are actors apart of the system

no

what does actor represent 

roles which users adopt 

what can specific users do

adopt and set aside multiple roles simultaneously

what is the benefit of a primary actor

execution of use case

what does secondary actor receive 

no direct benefit

what does active do 

initiates the execution of the use case 

what does passive do

provides functionality for the execution of use case

what must an actor communicate with

at least one use case

what does the base use case require from the included use case 

its functionality 

why shouldn’t use cases be included use cases be executed on their own

other use cases in the system may share it