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UML Tool Evaluation Criteria

by Editor on 15 October 2011

The UML modeling tools reviewed on this site are evaluated using the following equally weighted criteria:

Usability
Functional features: Drawing
Functional features: Simulation/Execution
Standards compliance/Interoperability
Support/Team modeling
Value

Usability
We evaluate tool Usability while exercising the tool Functional Features described below. Usability factors that we evaluate include, but are not limited to: UI design, UI learnability, UI efficiency (as measured by UI gestures), [...]

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Selecting a UML Modeling Tool

by Editor on 15 October 2011

Selecting the best UML modeling tool for your team or Model-Driven Development (MDD) project can be difficult, even if you are a skilled visual modeler and an expert software developer.  The ”Muddle-Driven Marketecture” vendor hype and tool featuritis associated with many commercial UML tools can overwhelm even savvy developers. Software developers who want to transition to [...]

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