Transforming Use Case Maps to the Core Scenario Model Representation

Yong Xiang Zeng

Thesis submitted to the
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
in partial fulfillment of  the requirements for the degree of
Master of Computer Science

Under the auspices of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Computer Science

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
June 2005

© Yong Xiang Zeng, Ottawa, Canada, 2005


Abstract

Scenarios describe system functionalities and, when supplemented with
performance annotations, provide a basis for performance analysis. This
thesis presents a Core Scenario Model (CSM), which includes common
scenario information in the Use Case Maps (UCM) notation and in UML
2.0 activity diagrams and interaction diagrams. The intent is to enable
automatic transformations from a given scenario model to CSM, and then
from a CSM model to performance models, hence enabling performance
analysis early in the development process. CSM captures scenarios,
performance, and deployment information, and is flexible enough to support
multiple input scenario notations and output performance languages.

The thesis also includes a transformation from UCM models to CSM. Such
automatic transformation enables the quick generation of performance
models, ready to be analyzed. The results from performance analysis can
be traced back to improve design decisions and any changes in design
can be updated in performance models quickly through re-generation.