Abstract
During the requirements process it is of key
importance that all representations used are clearly
understood by those who must use them. Therefore it is
essential to ensure that those representations are
presented as effectively as possible. User preference is
one area that may influence the effectiveness of the
representations presented. This paper describes a
study that was carried out to explore the relationship
between user preference for UML sequence and
collaboration diagrams. Results show that participants
who preferred sequence diagrams showed improved
performance when using sequence diagrams. This was
true for preferences expressed both before and after
the task. However, participants who did not prefer
sequence diagrams showed an overall improved
performance for both types of diagram over the group
that preferred sequence diagrams.
importance that all representations used are clearly
understood by those who must use them. Therefore it is
essential to ensure that those representations are
presented as effectively as possible. User preference is
one area that may influence the effectiveness of the
representations presented. This paper describes a
study that was carried out to explore the relationship
between user preference for UML sequence and
collaboration diagrams. Results show that participants
who preferred sequence diagrams showed improved
performance when using sequence diagrams. This was
true for preferences expressed both before and after
the task. However, participants who did not prefer
sequence diagrams showed an overall improved
performance for both types of diagram over the group
that preferred sequence diagrams.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Procs of the 2004 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages & Human Centric Computing |
| Subtitle of host publication | VLHCC'04 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 243-250 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-7803-8696-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |