Use case modeling and refinement : a quality-based approach

Samira Si-Said Cherfi (1) , Jacky Akoka (1, 2) , Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau (1, 3)

1 CEDRIC - Centre d'études et de recherche en informatique et communications
2 IMT-BS - DSI - Département Systèmes d'Information
3 ESSEC Business School

In this paper, we propose a quality-based use case refinement approach. It consists of a step by step refinement process that combines quality metrics with use case transformation rules. We propose several quality metrics, based on complexity concepts, aimed at measuring the complexity of use cases. Starting from an initial use case, we apply successively a set of transformation rules and measure the resulting use case based on the quality metrics. Our approach is embedded in a general framework allowing us to guide software designers by the mean of quality metrics.

Mots clés: Quality metrics; Use case models quality; Conceptual modeling quality

Mots clés: Qualité de la modélisation conceptuelle; Utiliser la qualité des modèles; Mesures de qualité

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Base de données [cs.DB]

Samira Si-Said Cherfi, Jacky Akoka, Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau. Use case modeling and refinement : a quality-based approach. ER 2006 : 25th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Nov 2006, Tucson, AZ, United States. pp.84-97, ⟨10.1007/11901181_8⟩. ⟨hal-01125283⟩