TY - GEN
T1 - An empirical study of user preference and performance with UML diagrams
AU - Britton, C.
AU - Kutar, M.
AU - Anthony, S.
AU - Barker, T.
AU - Beecham, Sarah
AU - Wilkinson, Vitoria
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Elicitation and validation of user requirements depend, to a large extent, on the effectiveness of the tools and techniques used as a vehicle for discussion between developers and users during the requirements process. This effectiveness may, in turn, be influenced by user preference for a particular approach or requirements technique. This paper describes a study that was carried out to investigate the relationship between user preference for sequence or collaboration diagrams in UML, with their accuracy in understanding information contained in the diagrams. Results showed that user preference for one of the two diagram types before carrying out the task was not reflected in improved performance with that type of diagram compared with the other. However, after carrying out the task, user statements about which type of diagram they preferred working with were matched by improved performance with that type of diagram.
AB - Elicitation and validation of user requirements depend, to a large extent, on the effectiveness of the tools and techniques used as a vehicle for discussion between developers and users during the requirements process. This effectiveness may, in turn, be influenced by user preference for a particular approach or requirements technique. This paper describes a study that was carried out to investigate the relationship between user preference for sequence or collaboration diagrams in UML, with their accuracy in understanding information contained in the diagrams. Results showed that user preference for one of the two diagram types before carrying out the task was not reflected in improved performance with that type of diagram compared with the other. However, after carrying out the task, user statements about which type of diagram they preferred working with were matched by improved performance with that type of diagram.
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U2 - 10.1109/HCC.2002.1046338
DO - 10.1109/HCC.2002.1046338
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:56649110965
SN - 0769516440
SN - 9780769516448
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, HCC 2002
SP - 31
EP - 33
BT - Proceedings - IEEE 2002 Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, HCC 2002
T2 - 2002 IEEE Symposia on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments, HCC 2002
Y2 - 3 September 2002 through 6 September 2002
ER -