[OT] good & bad use cases

Spotted via Bill deHora,

http://alistair.cockburn.us/index.php/Sampler_of_good_%26_bad_use_cases

 - a collection including the following advice:

Good use cases...
… are

Text

No GUI

No data formats

3 - 9 steps in main scenario

Easy to read

At user's goal level

A record of decisions made

'… 'aren't

UML use case diagrams

describing the GUI

describing data formats

multiple-page main scenario

complicated to read

at program-feature level

a tutorial on the domain

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