Abstract
Although a lot of effort is invested in describing software processes of high standard, the application of the documented processes in practice is often insufficient. One reason is the use of process definition languages which are not familiar to software developing practitioners. The modelling language UML on the other hand is intensively used in software development. This chapter describes the outcome of an analysis of Siemens AG regarding the suitability of UML 2.0 for describing Siemens software processes.
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Dietrich, S., Killisperger, P., Stückl, T., Weber, N., Hartmann, T., Kern, EM. (2013). Using UML 2.0 for Modelling Software Processes at Siemens AG. In: Pooley, R., Coady, J., Schneider, C., Linger, H., Barry, C., Lang, M. (eds) Information Systems Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4951-5_45
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