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What is the difference between usecase and test case

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Last Update: January 05, 2009 Asked by: Varun

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Submitted by: Chandrasekhar.M

A usecase describes that how a user use specific functionality in our application.

A test case describes that a test condition to apply on that application to validate.

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October 10, 2005 05:38:10

sudheer

RE: what is the difference between usecase and test ca...

A usecase is a:

A highlevel scenario where you specify the functionality of the application from a business perspective.

Whereas a testcase is:

The implementation of the highlevel scenario(usecase) wherein one gives detailed and step-by-step account of procedures to test a particular functionality of the application. Things get lot technical here.

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November 29, 2005 13:53:19

KIRAN

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TEST CASES ARE PREPARED BY USING USE CASES IN SRS DOCUMENT

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April 18, 2006 02:06:30

Chandrasekhar.M

RE: what is the difference between usecase and test ca...

A usecase describes that how a user use specific functionality in our application.

A test case describes that a test condition to apply on that application to validate.

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August 03, 2006 10:10:36

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Use Cases are used to specify the required functionality of an Object-Oriented system. Test cases that are derived from use cases take advantage of the existing specification to ensure good functional test coverage of the system.

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January 30, 2007 05:20:52

dvbrao1

Member Since: December 2006 Contribution: 18

RE: what is the difference between usecase and test ca...

hiUse case describes how to use the applicationTest case describes how to test the application

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March 31, 2007 01:12:58

skiran19

Member Since: March 2007 Contribution: 17

RE: what is the difference between usecase and test ca...

Use Case are the various scenario which are written on the basis of customer requirements.

Whereas Test Case are the documented steps which are written on the basis of use cases.

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April 15, 2007 10:58:04

gauravc1978

Member Since: January 2007 Contribution: 8

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A use case describes an entire flow of intercation that the user has with the system/application for e.g. a user logging into the system and searching for a flight booking it and then logging out is a use case. There are multiple ways a user can interact with a system and they all map to positive/ negative use cases.

Test cases are written on the basis of use cases. The test cases check if the various functionalities that the user uses to interact with the system is working fine or not.

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April 27, 2007 02:53:25

suvarna.anupam

Member Since: April 2007 Contribution: 4

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hi

USECASE

we can prepare test cases based on use cases.use cases are more elaberative and understandable than functional and system specifications.

Generally use cases based test case design method is referrable to out sourcing company.

TEST CASE

test case is a test condition to validate functionality interms of correctness and completeness.

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May 18, 2007 04:55:31

Murali

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I would like to add a point regarding use case and test case
For every use case we can generate atleast two test cases. One is the for the successful execution of test case and another for the unsuccessful execution of the test case. There should be one to one relationship between use case and a test case

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May 30, 2007 08:46:31

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sankarraparthi

Member Since: August 2006 Contribution: 7

RE: what is the difference between usecase and test ca...

A use case is a technique for capturing functional requirements of systems and systems-of-system. Each use case provides one or more scenerios that convey how the system should interact with the users called actors to achieve a specific business goal or function.

A test case is a set of conditions or variables under which a tester will determine if a requirement or use case upon an application is partially or fully satisfied.

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