Case Studies or Use Cases?
The difference between Case Studies and Use Cases is the difference between what is real and what is possible.
Case Studies are real life, retrospective accounts of real projects that you have delivered for real customers.
Use Cases are examples of how a product or service might be deployed.
So in that sense Case Studies tell the stories of real customer tried and tested solutions, while Use Cases present examples of solutions to possible problems.
Both Case Studies and Use Cases are useful pieces of collateral, demonstrating both your actual and your potential delivery capability.
This is such a profoundly helpful but concise way to distinguish these two concepts. I appreciate this post very much.
Thanks Neil. Glad you find it helpful! What’s your experience of using Case Studies and Use Cases?
Regards
Juliet