On tool selection for illustrating the use of UML in system development
Harold Hamel Smith · Journal of computing sciences in colleges · 2004
With the pervasiveness of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) used as the de facto notation for communicating the specification, design and behavior of a system, numerous software tools are available that provide various levels of support for and use of UML. The inclusion of both UML and UML-based software tools into undergraduate curriculum is common. Selecting the appropriate tools for the curriculum is difficult. This paper identifies three categories of UML-based tools, UML Drawing Tools, UML Code-Centric Tools and UML Framework Tools, and the respective advantages and disadvantages of incorporating tool instances of each category. Based on the discussion, a recommendation is made to adopt a combination of these tools, potentially one of each type.