Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

8-2005

Abstract

Systems development methods have become more complex, concurrently with many of today’s systems. UML has been criticized for its complexity. Using Rossi and Brinkkemper’s (1996) complexity metrics, Siau and Cao, (2001) completed a complexity analysis of UML and other modeling techniques, finding that UML is more complex than other techniques. Siau, Erickson and Lee (2002) proposed that Rossi and Brinkkemper’s metrics present the theoretical maximum complexity, as opposed to a practitioner-based complexity, that must be less than the theoretical maximum. Erickson and Siau (2004) proposed that a subset of UML (a kernel) composed of the most commonly used constructs, could be equated with the complexity that practitioners face when using UML. The current research extends Erickson and Siau’s (2004) work by analyzing UML complexity in the specific genre of real time systems. A Delphi study was conducted using expert practitioners, in an attempt to identify a use-based real-time UML kernel.

Keywords

UML, Complexity, Complexity metrics, Delphi study, Modeling method metrics, Real-Time systems

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Areas of Excellence

Digital transformation

Publication

Proceedings of the 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2005), Omaha, Nebraska, August 11-15

First Page

3067

Last Page

3074

Publisher

AIS

City or Country

Atlanta

Additional URL

https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2005/505/

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