Use cases in requirements capture - Trends and open issues

Despite the wide acceptance and usage of use case models, there is still controversy among practitioners and researchers on issues such as correct applicability of use case models, levels of abstraction desirable in a use case model and the kind of rules that guide inspection of use cases. This work presents the findings of a review of the literature related to the challenges concerning use case models. This paper presents the lessons learned from literature review of use case models research studies published in the Journal of Object Technology and Requirements Engineering Journal published from 2000 to 2010 and International Requirements Engineering Conference proceedings from 2002 to 2010.