Seamless transformation from use case to sequence diagrams
System design is an essential subject taught in information systems and has become a core course in its curriculum. Unified modelling language (UML) has been broadly adopted, and it is common to support the system design process using different diagrams. Each diagram serves a purpose by focusing on...
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| description | System design is an essential subject taught in information systems and has become a core course in its curriculum. Unified modelling language (UML) has been broadly adopted, and it is common to support the system design process using different diagrams. Each diagram serves a purpose by focusing on a specific part of a particular system. Design consistency ensures a seamless process, as the diagrams are generally interrelated. However, creating a well-designed system takes a lot of work, especially for university students with work experience. To overcome this challenge, aligning the concepts across diagrams is essential, which can help achieve better consistency and management of the design system, especially in an educational setting. This article is an extension of our previous work, as we have discussed a simple scenario of Automated teller machines to demonstrate the alignment concepts between UML diagrams. From a more technical perspective, the current contribution provides a Java program that aligns concepts by converting text-based use cases to text-based sequence diagrams. Then, the text is transformed in PlantUML to generate its graphical representation. The developed alignment tool is expected to contribute to helping students and instructors during the system design phases to be more consistent and practical. Limitations and future work are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a4197a2cfc3421c908d369e31e69a572023-06-24T15:05:18ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ Computer Science2376-59922023-06-019e144410.7717/peerj-cs.1444Seamless transformation from use case to sequence diagramsAbdulrahman Alyami0Salvatore Flavio Pileggi1Osama Sohaib2Igor Hawryszkiewycz3Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi ArabiaSchool of Computer Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaSchool of Computer Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaSchool of Computer Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaSystem design is an essential subject taught in information systems and has become a core course in its curriculum. Unified modelling language (UML) has been broadly adopted, and it is common to support the system design process using different diagrams. Each diagram serves a purpose by focusing on a specific part of a particular system. Design consistency ensures a seamless process, as the diagrams are generally interrelated. However, creating a well-designed system takes a lot of work, especially for university students with work experience. To overcome this challenge, aligning the concepts across diagrams is essential, which can help achieve better consistency and management of the design system, especially in an educational setting. This article is an extension of our previous work, as we have discussed a simple scenario of Automated teller machines to demonstrate the alignment concepts between UML diagrams. From a more technical perspective, the current contribution provides a Java program that aligns concepts by converting text-based use cases to text-based sequence diagrams. Then, the text is transformed in PlantUML to generate its graphical representation. The developed alignment tool is expected to contribute to helping students and instructors during the system design phases to be more consistent and practical. Limitations and future work are presented.https://peerj.com/articles/cs-1444.pdfUMLSystem designRequirements engineering |
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| title_short | Seamless transformation from use case to sequence diagrams |
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| topic | UML System design Requirements engineering |
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