Skip Navigation

Research Library

Article

23, No. 3
Identifying Difficulties in Learning UML
Information Systems Management (2006)

 

UML has gained industry recognition as a standard Object-Oriented systems development modeling language. Nevertheless, UML has been criticized for such deficiencies as semantic inconsistencies, vagueness, and conflicting notations. In the context of learning UML, difficulties that users face are frequently attributed to these shortcomings. However, empirical proof of such an attribution is missing. The relationship between the deficiencies inherent in UML and the difficulties in the learning process is the focus of this study. The concept mapping technique is used in this study to unveil the issues and concerns novice designers encounter when learning UML. The findings are reported and suggestions for alleviating the difficulties in learning UML are discussed.

More By These Authors:
A semiotic analysis of unified modeling language graphical notations
Advances in Data Modeling Research
Agile Modeling, Agile Software Development, and Extreme Programming: The State of Research
Information Visualization -- The Effect of Application Domain Knowledge on Icon Interpretation
Theoretical versus Practical Complesity: The Case fo UML
Informational and Computational Equivalence in Comparing Information Modeling Methods
Analyzing ERP Implementation at a Public University Using the Innovation Strategy Model
Enterprise Integration with ERP and EAI
Evaluating the Usability of A Group Support System Using Co-Discovery
Interorganizational Systems and Competitive Advantages – Lessons from History
Component- Based Development Using UML
Unified Modeling Language- A Complexity Analysis
Knowledge Discovery as An Aid to Organizational Creativity
Information Modeling and Method Engineering
INTERNET, WORLD WIDE WEB AND CREATIVITY
A System for Query Comprehension
Electronic Creativity Techniques for Organizational Innovation
Group Creativity and Technology
The Effect of a Database Feedback System on User Performance
An Empirical Study on End-users' Update Performance for Different Abstraction Levels
A Case tool for conceptual database design
Visual Knowledge Query Language
3-D Virtual Worlds in Education: Applications, Benefits, Issues, and Opportunities
A Fit-Gap Analysis of E-Business Curricula vs. Industry Need
A Qualitative Investigation on Consumer Trust in Mobile Commerce
A Survey of Online E-Banking Retail Initiatives
An Experimental Study on Ubiquitous Commerce Adoption: Impact of Personalization and Privacy Concerns
Are Use Case and Class Diagrams Complementary in Requirements Analysis?-- An Experimental Study on Use Case and Class Diagrams in UML
Assessing Organizational Innovation Capability and Its Effect on E-Commerce Initiatives
Building Customer Trust in Mobile Commerce
Cognitive Evaluation of Information Modeling Methods
Cognitive Mapping Techniques for User-Database Interaction
Creating A Virtual Store Image
e-Healthcare in ABC County Health Department (ABCCHD) -- Trade-offs Analysis and Evaluation
Effects of Query Complexity and Learning on Novice User Query Performance with Conceptual and Logical Database Interfaces
Factors Affecting the Quality of Personal Websites
Health Care Informatics
Important characteristics of software development team members: an empirical investigation using Repertory Grid
Improving the Quality of Conceptual Modeling Using Cognitive Mapping Techniques
Internet Abuse and Acceptable Internet Use Policy
Knowledge Management Mechanisms in E-Commerce: A Study of Online Retailing and Auction Sites
Knowledge Management Mechanisms of Financial Service Sites
Mobile Healthcare Informatics
National Culture and its Effects on Knowledge Communication in Online Virtual Communities
SAP Implementation at the University of Nebraska
Strategic Implications of Mobile Technology: A Case Study Using Value-Focused Thinking
Synthesizing E-Government Stage Models – A Meta-Synthesis Based on Meta-Ethnography Approach
Systems Analysis and Design: Evaluation Techniques for Conceptual and Data Modeling Methods
Technical Communication in Information Systems Development: The Use of Cognitive Mapping
The Effect of Data Model, System and Task Characteristics on User Query Performance – An Empirical Study
The Relative Importance of Structural Constraints and Surface Semantics in Information Modeling
The Value of Mobile Applications: A Study on a Public Utility Company
Use of Classroom Response System To Enhance Classroom Interactivity
Use of Cognitive Mapping Techniques in Information Systems Development
User-Database Interface: The Effect of Abstraction Levels on Query Performance
Using Cognitive Mapping Techniques to Supplement UML and UP in Information Requirements Determination
Using Social Development Lenses to Understand E-Government Development
Web Services, Service Oriented Computing, and Service Oriented Architecture: Separating Hype from Reality
About the Researcher
Keng L. Siau
E.J. Faulkner Professor of MIS and Full Professor of Management Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Database Management North America Regional Editor, Requirements Engineering Co-Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Database Research Book Series Director, UNL-IBM Global Innovation Hub

Department: Management

Professor Keng Siau received his Ph.D. degree in Business Administration in 1996 from the University of British Columbia (UBC) (in Vancouver, Canada) where he majored in Management Information Systems (MIS) and minored in Cognitive Psychology. UBC is a top research university in Canada and consistently ranked as one of the best research schools in the world. Professor Siau's M.S. and B.S. (Hons) degrees are in Information and Computer Sciences from the National University of Singapore, which is ranked as one of the top 30 universities in the world by The QS World University Rankings.

Professor Siau is serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the top-ranked Journal of Database Management, which has an impact factor of 2.0 and an immediacy index of 1.368. Professor Siau is also the North America Regional Editor of the Requirements Engineering journal, which has an impact factor of 1.625.


 



CBA Post It Stat

Latest Research Articles