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Use of tabular analysis method to construct UML sequence diagrams
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| Title: | Use of tabular analysis method to construct UML sequence diagrams |
| Authors: | Hilsbos, Margaret
Song, Il-Yeol |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2004 |
| Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
| Citation: | Paper presented at the 23rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2004), Shanghai, China, November 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3288, pp. 740-752 (http://springerlink.metapress.com/link.asp?id=fe6xj4yudw4l36ea). Retrieved 6/26/2006 from http://www.cis.drexel.edu/faculty/song/publications/p_TAM-ER2004-Final.pdf |
| Abstract: | A sequence diagram in UML is used to model interactions among
objects that participate in a use case. Developing a sequence diagram is complex;
our experience shows that novice developers have significant difficulty. In earlier
work, we presented a ten-step heuristic method for developing sequence
diagrams. This paper presents a tabular analysis method (TAM) which improves
on the ten-step heuristic method. TAM analyzes the message requirements of the
use case, while documenting the resulting analysis in a tabular format. The
resulting table is referenced to build the sequence diagram. This process aids
novice modelers by separating the problem analysis from the learning curve of a
modeling tool. Building sequence diagrams with the systematic approach of TAM
facilitates consistency with the use case model and the class model. We found that
developers effectively developed sequence diagrams using TAM. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/930 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (IST)
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