What is the difference between test case and use case?

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siva

  • Dec 28th, 2006
 

       use case                                                test case

  describe the working of the                     describes the whole execution

system from start to end                           of the test plan

 2) complete use case and test case involves

  hierarical relation ship

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dvbrao

  • Dec 29th, 2006
 

use case describes how to use the application in proper way,

test case describes how to test the application, means theapplication satisfy teh use case or not

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Mary

  • Jan 3rd, 2007
 

Usecase is a diagramatical flow of an application while testing, where as testcases are written documents.

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Prakash

  • Jan 31st, 2007
 

There is a difference between Test Cases and Use Cases. First one is the step by step process to test a scenario where as Use Case is the one that is written in more or less in a requirement docoment type. To see the differece between these two, visit:http://www.qaquestions.comYou will see how they look like and the definition as well.Hope this helps.

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Bharathi

  • Mar 8th, 2007
 

Hi to all,

Test Case: Test Case is a document that describes step by step process how to test the application. Test case document includes Test Case ID, Test case name, Test case description, steps, Expected, Actual, Test status(P/F), Remarks

Use Case: Usecase is a document that describes How to use the application and system responses the particular functionality.
Usecase includes Name of the company, name of the project, name of the usecase, Rivision History and table of contents

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USE CASE

1) Use cases describe functionalities in narrative form.

2) Use cases are used for a variety of things but it is primarily used to define requirements.


TEST CASE

1) A test case has a specific structure which includes preconditions, steps, expected and actual results.
 
2) Test cases are used to execute functional tests.

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