Analyzing Use Cases

Transform user stories into structured behavioral specifications using Alistair Cockburn's use case framework. The output is a use case document that gives implementation planning a behavioral spine and TDD a test discovery checklist.

Quick Start

Given a story or ticket:

1. Read the ticket and any research document FULLY
2. Classify the goal level (summary, user-goal, subfunction)
3. Identify scope, primary actor, and stakeholders
4. Draft the main success scenario as numbered actor-system steps
5. Discover extensions at each step — get user input
6. Define preconditions and postconditions
7. Map stakeholder interests to non-functional concerns
8. Write the use case document from the template

When This Skill Applies