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Phase 1
Theoretical Study
 | Activity to deliver |
| Review of the literature |
| Key inputs |
| Books |
| Journals |
| Proceedings |
| Publishing |
| Online content |
| White papers |
| Key activities and tools |
| Study all existing AO approaches and tools |
| Review issues in AODM |
| Review issues in existing OO tools and approaches in modelling Aspects |
| Review issues with the UML 2.4 standard edition in modelling Aspects |
| Review AspectJ programming language |
| Deliverables |
| SLR and literature summary |
| Problem statement and issues |
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Phase 2
Principles and framework Suggestion
 | Activity to deliver |
| Development of a comprehensive Aspectual UML modelling approach that covers all UML diagrams |
Development of semantic rules to define the relationship between Aspect notations and Object
notations |
| Development of an extension to UML 2.4 to support AOM |
| Development of an AMM |
| Development of a prototype tool called the AUML tool using UMLet |
| Development of an AspectJ template for pseudocode generation |
| Key inputs |
| Literature summary, documentation, issues identified, and problem statement from Phase 1 |
| Studies on AO UML modelling |
| Key activities and tools |
| Review previous issues and pending concerns relating to modelling Aspects using UML |
Develop an Aspectual UML modelling approach to model Aspects in the early stage of the software
development life cycle |
| Deliverables |
| Framework of the Aspectual UML modelling approach |
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Phase 3
Framework Implementation
 | Activity to deliver |
| Implementation of the comprehensive Aspectual UML modelling approach and AUML tool |
| Key inputs |
| Existing studies on Aspectual UML modelling |
| Existing studies on AODM to support AspectJ |
| Existing AO design and modelling tools that support AspectJ |
| Key activities and tools |
Design the notation for all AspectJ constructs to be modelled in the early stage of the software
development life cycle |
| Design a notation for AspectJ constructs that suits all UML diagrams |
| Design semantic rules to define the relationship between Aspect notations and Object notations |
| Design the Aspectual UML modelling steps |
| Design the AUML tool functionality and user interface |
| Deliverables |
| Aspectual UML approach |
| Prototype of AUML tool |
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Phase 4
Experiment and Evalaution
 | Activity to deliver |
| Testing of the prototype |
| Evaluation of the approach |
| Analysis of the results |
| Key inputs |
| Aspectual UML approach |
| Natural requirements of two case studies |
| Qualitative evaluation: focus group, observation, and questionnaire |
| Key activities and tools |
| Analyse the two case studies’ natural requirements |
| Find the Aspects and Objects |
| Analyse the Aspectual diagrams to assess their validity |
| Implement the questionnaire for designers and programmers |
| Run focus group workshop and involve postgraduate team in testing |
| Deliverables |
| Aspectual UML modelling approach to support AspectJ |
| Prototype AUML tool |
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