Analysis of CASE Tools for Best Practices in Software Modeling with UML

• Warteruzannan Soyer Cunha UFG
• Heitor Costa UFLA
• Paulo Afonso Parreira Júnior UFLA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2016.15125

Abstract

UML diagrams constructed using a set of guidelines for software modeling may result in higher quality software that meets the real customer needs. Thus, the goal of this paper is to compare and analyze a set of CASE tools, in order to find out what are the guidelines addressed by these tools. Five CASE tools were analyzed: Rational Software, MagicDraw, UModel, Visual Paradigm and Enterprise Architect. In this analysis, the tool that addresses the highest number of guidelines was the Rational Software. Inaddition, an experimental study was conducted and the results indicated that the diagrams built in this tool presented fewer errors than those built in other CASE tools.

Keywords: Ferramentas CASE, Boas Práticas de Modelagem, UML

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