Building an evaluation instrument for OO CASE tool assessment for Unified Modelling Language support

Juric, Radmila; Kuljis, Jasna

doi:10.1109/hicss.1999.772814

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“…For a comprehensive and upto-date overview on currently available UML tools, please refer to M. Jeckle's Web site 1 . Juric and Kuljis [6] present evaluation criteria to assess the extent to which CASE tools support the range of UML language features. A general introduction to software development tools is given in [4]-it puts UML tools in the wider context of the software development environment.…”

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A flyweight UML modelling tool for software development in heterogeneous environments

Auer

Tschurtschenthaler

Biffl

2003

Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Instrumentation Technology Conference (Cat No 03CH37412) EURMIC-03

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A large and growing variety of tools can support all kinds of UML modeling aspects: from model creation to advanced round-trip engineering of UML models and code.However, such tools aim at supporting specific life-cycle phases, but they often do not meet basic requirements arising in heterogeneous environments, UML education, early life-cycle phases, or agile processes: hassle-free tool deployment, support for fast model sketching, and flexible graphic export features. This paper presents the freely available modeling tool UMLet we designed to specifically address these basic issues. It is a flyweight Java application that can easily be deployed in various development environments; it features an intuitive and pop-up-free user interface, while still providing output to common high-quality publishing formats.Thus, the tool UMLet provides an effective way to teach UML and to create and share UML sketches, especially in agile environments and during early life-cycle phases. Its user interface supports intuitive and exploratory modeling, its architecture makes distribution and deployment cost-efficient in heterogeneous environments.

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“…Batik is a toolset to handle scalable vector graphics (xml.apache.org/batik) 6. FOP (formatting objects processor) is a framework to support output independent formatting (xml.apache.org/fop).…”

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A flyweight UML modelling tool for software development in heterogeneous environments

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Tschurtschenthaler

Biffl

2003

Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Instrumentation Technology Conference (Cat No 03CH37412) EURMIC-03

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“…We have observed that methods proposed for pre‐usage evaluation 1 are primarily CASE tool centred (Zucconi, 1989; Sodi, 1991; Topper, 1991; Dixon, 1992; IEEE, 1992; 1998; Le Blanc & Korn, 1992; 1994; Mosley, 1992; Huff et al ., 1992; Skramstad & Khan, 1992; Beckworth, 1993; du Plessis, 1993; Shafer & Shafer, 1993; Bell, 1994; Antonakopoulos et al ., 1995; ISO, 1995; Jankowski, 1995; 1997; Daneva & Terzieva, 1996; Daneva, 1997; Kitchenham & Jones, 1997a,b; 2 Powell et al ., 1997; Juric & Kuljis, 1999). They are systematic , in that they embody a systematic way of working during an evaluation.…”

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“…For example, there are those designed for analysis of: support for customisability of a CASE tool (Goldkuhl et al ., 1992); CASE‐tool support for planning and design activities (Henderson & Cooprider, 1990); support for structured systems analysis and design techniques (Vessey et al ., 1992); hypertext functionality in CASE tools (Kaipala, 1997); reverse engineering tools (Skramstad & Khan, 1992); data modelling tools (Moriarty, 1998); database design tools (Reiner, 1992); testing tools (Poston & Sexton, 1992); software engineering environments (Palvia, 1992); collaborative work (Vessey & Sravanapudi, 1995); conformance to a specific modelling notation (e.g. UML –Juric & Kuljis, 1999); conformance to method rules in structured analysis (Jankowski, 1997); usability of CASE tools (Cronholm, 1998); and quality assurance of ER Models (Barker, 1990, chapter 10).…”

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The 2G method for doubly grounding evaluation frameworks

Lundell¹,

Lings²

2003

Information Systems Journal

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There are a number of approaches open to an information system (IS) development organization wishing to evaluate the potential relevance of an IT product for use in their own organization. This work considers method support for evaluation of CASE tools, as a complex example of an IT product. Our interest is in evaluation for selection, namely the evaluation of products prior to experience of their use in the defined context. Certain weaknesses are apparent in existing evaluation methods proposed in the literature for evaluation for selection. Our primary concern in this paper is to present a new method which, we claim, addresses these weaknesses. We provide a rationale and a detailed description of the new method, which is referred to as 2G. The method specifically addresses the important early phases of an evaluation, during which an evaluation framework is to be established. The method is to be used within the intended usage context for the IT product, so the resulting evaluation framework will be situated rather than general. We identify weaknesses in previously available methods, and discuss the advantages offered by the 2G method. The method has a solid basis in underlying theory, something which has influenced our presentation of it. Equally importantly, our presentation is strongly influenced by our experience with the method in actual usage situations, in small and medium IS development organizations. We claim that 2G is a practical candidate for any IS development organization wishing to undertake evaluations of CASE tools prior to adoption.

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Constraints in CASE tools: results from curiosity driven research

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Scott²

Proceedings 2001 Australian Software Engineering Conference

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Building an evaluation instrument for OO CASE tool assessment for Unified Modelling Language support

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

A flyweight UML modelling tool for software development in heterogeneous environments

A flyweight UML modelling tool for software development in heterogeneous environments

The 2G method for doubly grounding evaluation frameworks

Constraints in CASE tools: results from curiosity driven research

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