This paper presents an algorithm for automatically generating UML statecharts from a
collection of UML sequence diagrams. Computer support for this transition between …

The development of complex software systems is a complex and lengthy activity that
involves the participation and collaboration of many stakeholders (eg customers, users …

Scenario is a description technique that has been attracting a lot of attention from
practitioners and from researchers. Several disciplines have been using scenarios for some …

The paper presents a novel, scenario based notation called Use Case Maps (UCMs) for
describing, in a high level way, how the organizational structure of a complex system and …

The requirements engineering, information systems and software engineering communities
recently advocated scenario-based approaches which emphasise the user/system …

Scenarios are increasingly recognized as an effective means for eliciting, validating, and
documenting software requirements. The paper focuses on the use of scenarios for …

It is well known that requirements engineering plays a critical role in software quality. The
use case approach is a requirements elicitation technique commonly used in industrial …

The main contributions of this dissertation are as follows: methods for using the
dependencies between static and dynamic models for goal driven reverse engineering …

The classical notion of requirements quality is problematic in practice. Hence the importance
of some qualities, in particular completeness and unambiguity, has to be rethought …

The elicitation, modeling and analysis of requirements have consistently been one of the
main challenges during the development of complex systems. Telecommunication systems …