Constructing high quality use case models: A systematic review of current practices

Requirements Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-201

  El Attar, Mohamed ^a   Miller, James ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti patterns; Systematic review; UML; Use cases

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; ANTI-PATTERNS; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; HIGH QUALITY; QUALITY IN USE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UML; UNIFIED FORM; USE CASE MODEL; USE CASES;

REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84865720813     PISSN: 09473602     EISSN: 1432010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00766-011-0135-y     Document Type: Article

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