An application of data warehouse technology to the measurement system for UML based artifacts

A novel system, Project Data Warehouse, for the measurement of changes in development artifacts based on data warehouse technology is reported. The new system is based on an architecture that is extendable to store various kinds of UML based development artifacts and flexible to apply the various types of measurements to quantify the changes in those artifacts. Also, it provides multi-dimensional analysis of the measurement results. An application result of Project Data Warehouse to the development artifacts of a commercial development project is also reported.