Computing Reviews
Today's Issue Hot Topics Search Browse Recommended My Account Log In
Review Help
Search
Large scale modeling efforts: a survey on challenges and best practices
Störrle H.  IASTED international multi-conference (Proceedings of the 25th IASTED International Multi-Conference, Innsbruck, Austria, Feb 13-15, 2007)382-389.2007.Type:Proceedings
Date Reviewed: Feb 25 2008

This paper summarizes a survey conducted by Störrle for software (SW) modeling efforts in various industries. Störrle also tries to bring out the impact of SW modeling and the challenges faced by the modelers.

While the idea is interesting, the paper is not correctly titled to reflect the content, which is about SW modeling only. Modeling is a huge domain and SW modeling is just a subset of this domain. The title should clearly reflect that this paper is about SW modeling only and not about system modeling or other modeling efforts.

Secondly, this paper is not an original research contribution; it primarily involves data collection, and presents a study and results based on the collected data. In such cases, to obtain a meaningful resulting study, it is expected to collect a well-defined set of data points. About ten data sets were collected for this study, which is extremely insufficient for this kind of theoretical and empirical study and results. Even for the limited field of SW modeling, Störrle has not successfully collected data from all the segments of the industry.

The paper is not able to draw a specific conclusion at the end of the study. It provides widely known results and well-estimated answers. Consequently, I wonder about the merit of this study.

Reviewer:  Ankur Agarwal Review #: CR135297 (0812-1195)
Bookmark and Share
  Reviewer Selected
 
 
Object-Oriented Design Methods (D.2.2 ... )
 
 
Cost Estimation (D.2.9 ... )
 
 
UML (D.3.2 ... )
 
 
Management (D.2.9 )
 
Would you recommend this review?
yes
no
Other reviews under "Object-Oriented Design Methods": Date
Understanding UML: the developer’s guide
Harmon P., Watson M., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, 1998. Type: Book (9781558604650)
May 1 1999
Advanced object-oriented analysis and design using UML
Odell J., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1998. Type: Book (9780521648196)
Oct 1 1998
Object modeling and design strategies
Gossain S., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1998. Type: Book (9780521648226)
Oct 1 1998
more...

E-Mail This Printer-Friendly
Send Your Comments
Contact Us
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.   Copyright 1999-2024 ThinkLoud®
Terms of Use
| Privacy Policy