Dimensions of UML diagram use: A survey of practitioners

被引：65

作者：

Dobing, Brian ^{[1
]}

Parsons, Jeffrey

机构：

[1] Univ Lethbridge, Dept Management, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada

[2] Mem Univ Newfoundland, St John, NF A1C 5S7, Canada

来源：

JOURNAL OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT | 2008年 / 19卷 / 01期

关键词：

class diagram; software development; survey; unified modeling language (UML); use case;

D O I：

10.4018/jdm.2008010101

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

The UML is an industry standard for object-oriented software engineering. However, there is little empirical evidence on how UML is used This article reports results of a survey of UML practitioners. We found differences in several dimensions of UML diagram usage on software development projects including; frequency, the purposes for which they were used, and the roles of clients/users in their creation and approval, System developers are often ignoring the "use case-driven " prescription that permeates much of the UML literature, making limited or no use of either use case diagrams or textual use case descriptions. Implications and areas requiring further investigation are discussed.

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