https://rustyeddy.com/tags/requirements/Recent content in Requirements on Rusty EddyHugoen-usWed, 03 Jun 2026 20:01:44 -0700https://rustyeddy.com/software/use-cases/Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://rustyeddy.com/software/use-cases/<h2 id="why-this-matters">Why This Matters</h2> <p>Use cases are the first concrete step after recognizing that <a href="https://rustyeddy.com/software/software-is-hard/">software is hard</a>. Before writing a single line of code, we need to understand what we are building — and more importantly, <em>why</em> someone would use it. Use cases give us that foundation.</p> <p>A use case is a single, focused story that describes one way a user achieves a specific goal with the system. Keep them in plain language, from the user&rsquo;s point of view, with no technical jargon. A good use case has a clear success condition: you can observe or measure when it worked.</p>