UML models consistency management: Guidelines for software quality manager

An Overview of UML Consistency Management

Toward a Unified Framework for Quality and Consistency Verification of UML Models

Model-Driven Development (MDD) is an emergent approach to software engineering which is based on the systematic use of software modeling as a primary form of expression. The central focus in MDD is on models, as opposed to source code in the traditional conception of software development. However the introduction of models in the software life cycle poses new issues and challenges that current ...

Uml Based Software Process Management

The main objective of software project management is to assure that a software product will be delivered in time, keeping the cost limits and a proper quality. The key problems are the proper estimation of the effort needed to implement a specific design, the sufficient and effective allocation of resources and the development environment. An appropriate project plan has to have a good or optim...

A Rule-Based System for Assessing Consistency Between UML Models

The main goal of requirements specification is the transformation of a “rough draft” of stakeholder needs and expectations into a semi-formal specification, represented by several diagrams, commonly UML diagrams. These diagrams must be consistent with each other, but consistency among different UML diagrams is not defined by the UML specification, and the research about inter-model consistency ...

A Framework for Managing Consistency of Evolving UML Models

As the standard for object-oriented analysis and design, the UML (Unified Modeling Language) metamodel, as well as contemporary CASE (Computer-Aided Software Engineering) tools, must provide adequate and integrated support for all essential aspects of software evolution. This includes version control, traceability, impact analysis, change propagation, inconsistency management, and model refacto...