Automatic generation of UML sequence diagrams from user stories in Scrum process

The creation of UML models from user stories can be inconsistent, incomplete and incorrect task, which also requires an expertise, effort and time. In this paper, we present an algorithm for automating the transformation of user stories into sequence diagrams in the Scrum process, which can easily use to generate test cases. For automating transformation, we have implemented an algorithm that read a text file, which contains a set of user stories, then generates an XMI file for each user stories. The resulting XMI file then transformed into a sequence diagram using UML2 tool SDK plugin for Eclipse.

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