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Where the Use Case Fits
Business Level
Product Level
Development Level
Business
Need
nA (user level) Use Case describes how the System Under Development (SUD) solves the User’s problem
nDocuments “intentions” of the system
nIs used to validate these “intentions” with the users
Use Case
In my view of development, there are three levels… spend some time here…

Users, CTOs, Dev VP, etc. live at Business Level. What we find there are terms like Business Value, Needs, Wants, Fears, and so on…
Product Level is where business analysts, business architects, product managers, sales people, and so on, live. What you get here are functionality requirements, acceptance tests, integration, and so on
The Development Level is where things actually get built.