RE-UML: An Extension to UML for Specifying Component-Based Software System

Author

Mahmood, Sajjad ; Lai, Richard

Author_Institution

Inf. & Comput. Sci. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran

fYear

2009

fDate

14-17 April 2009

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

228

Abstract

Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a de-facto industry standard for analysis and design modeling of software systems. However, it has been rarely used for specifying the process of balancing stakeholder requirements against candidate components which play a central role in Component-Based System (CBS) development. One of the reasons is that UML lacks the features for supporting CBS requirements analysis. In this paper, we present an extension to UML, RE-UML (Requirements Engineering UML), which supports CBS analysis and assessment process. RE-UML enables a system analyst to specify satisfaction and risk assessment for evaluating customer demands against component features.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; formal specification; object-oriented programming; risk analysis; CBS requirements analysis; RE-UML; Unified Modeling Language; component-based software system; component-based system development; customer demands; de-facto industry standard; requirements engineering UML; risk assessment; software systems; stakeholder requirements; Computer industry; Computer science; Design engineering; Information analysis; Risk analysis; Risk management; Software design; Software standards; Software systems; Unified modeling language; Component-Based System; Requirements Engineering; UML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Conference, 2009. ASWEC '09. Australian

Conference_Location

Gold Coast, QLD

ISSN

1530-0803

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3599-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASWEC.2009.28

Filename

5076644