A CASE tool for Goal Dependency Model with Attributes based on An Existing UML Editor

To facilitate the suitable introduction of innovative information technologies into a social activity such as healthcare and entertainment, such an activity should be modeled and analyzed. We have already proposed a modeling language called Goal Dependency Model with Attributes (GDMA) for such purposes. To encourage many requirements analysts to use GDMA, the operational and learning effort shall be minimized as much as possible. In addition, described models shall be analyzed as efficiently as possible. To satisfy these two requirements, we proposed a UML-based notation for GDMA. We also developed a CASE tool based on an existing UML editor. We evaluated our notation and the tool through an experiment. Although subjects in the experiment were bachelor students, the subjects gave positive feedbacks to the tool.