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Uml Process / How do you keep UML diagrams in sync with the actual code?
« on: September 15, 2025, 12:16:02 pm »
Hi all,
I make nice UML diagrams in EA to explain the design, but after a few months of coding… the diagrams no longer match reality.
-> The class structure changes in code, but the diagrams don’t get updated.
-> Sometimes developers ignore the diagrams completely because they’re “out of date.”
-> Reverse engineering helps, but it can also create too much detail.
-> Forward engineering is nice, but doesn’t capture everything.
I make nice UML diagrams in EA to explain the design, but after a few months of coding… the diagrams no longer match reality.
-> The class structure changes in code, but the diagrams don’t get updated.
-> Sometimes developers ignore the diagrams completely because they’re “out of date.”
-> Reverse engineering helps, but it can also create too much detail.
-> Forward engineering is nice, but doesn’t capture everything.