Requirements Modeling with UML

ISBN-13: 9783838300443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 100 str.

Opis

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) provides anenvironment for modeling complex systems. It supportsa variety of diagrams for analyzing, designing, andimplementing software systems. During therequirements phase, developers abstract concepts fromthe application domain and describe what the systemis intended to do, not how it will do it. UML wasadopted as a standard for OO modeling by the ObjectManagement Group in 1997 and has found use in varioussoftware development projects. However, the continuedsuccess of any new technology depends a great deal onits usability. To predict the future success of alanguage like UML it is important to address theissue of usability from the perspective of the usersof the language, the software developers. Thispublication reports on the results of an empiricalstudy aimed at assessing the usability of UML fordeveloping software requirements. It addresses thedimensions of ease of use, usefulness, and usefulnessfor communicating requirements to various projectstakeholders.

O autorze

Phillips, Cynthia
Cynthia Phillips is a faculty member at Brandeis University inWaltham, MA. Dr. Phillips has acted as a consultant oninformation technology practices for over 20 years. She has abroad range of scholarly experiences that also include creatingand introducing the first online Master's degree in InformationTechnology at Brandeis.