Comparing UML use cases to internal program documentation in object-oriented code

Software engineering practices are becoming more recognized these days as means to improve the quality of software. Software engineers are inherently always trying to improve software engineering processes by identifying the flaws in the current process. One common flaw with current software engineering processes is insuring that customer's requirements are completely addressed in the delivered software product. This thesis focuses on improving this process by ensuring that source code conforms to what the customer specified in use cases at the beginning of the project. Results from this research show that it is possible to match use cases with code and to provide a measurable level of confidence for these matches.