Use Case Package   A use case package is a package that is used to partition or group, use cases, actors, relationships, diagrams or other use case packages.

Explanation

Packages are useful things allowing you to group the elements of a use case model together for some reason. The reason is most often that the model has grown large enough to be more manageable if partitioned into smaller parts. There are many other possible reasons though, that are independent of the number of use cases and actors. Often you may want to divide the use case model into chunks. For example some use cases may have sensitive information in their description, or different parties may be working on different sets of use cases. You could also package the elements based on reuse between different systems or entities.

Related Entries

Package  More General A package is the more general element upon which a use case package is based. The use case package has all of the fundamental properties of the package but is used specifically within the use case model. Formally it is a stereotyped package defined in the UML Profile for Software Development Processes.