Assessment of software documentation
practices in open source projects is important because, besides
the source code, information regarding the open source project
is in the documentation. Quality of documentation can help in
determining the quality of the project. Goal: The goal of this
paper is to automate the process of assessing the quality of
documentation and UML in open source projects. Method: We
conduct a design science research study and evaluate the outcome
based on 14 interviews with researchers and practitioners. Result:
The result of this paper is UML-Ninja, which is a web tool to
automatically assesses quality of documentation in open source
projects based on indicators. Conclusion: Both researchers and
practitioners found the approach of UML-Ninja tool good and
appropriate
