META-MODEL BASED DEVELOPMENT OF USE CASE MODEL FOR BUSINESS FUNCTION

Abstract

The principles and major steps of Enterprise Meta-Model (EMM) based development of Use Case model (UCM) in CASE system environment are presented in this paper. The Enterprise Meta-Model represents the key concepts of domain knowledge. The enterprise processes, management functions, and their interactions are considered as the critical components of the domain knowledge accumulated as Enterprise model in the knowledge base of CASE system. The formal background for generation of UCM is mapping rules of EMM constructs to constructs of UCM meta-model. The key rules and steps of Meta-Model based development of UCM for user specified business function are presented and illustrated.