Goals and Requirements for Supporting Controlled Flexibility in Software Processes

Martinho, Ricardo; Domingos, Dulce; Varajão, João

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Goals and requirements for supporting controlled flexibility in software processes.pdf	Software processes are dynamic entities that are often changed and evolved by software development team members. Consequently, flexibility is one of the most important features within software processes and related tools. However, in the everyday practice, team members do not wish for total flexibility. They prefer to learn about and follow controlled flexibility advice, that is, previously defined information on which, where, how and by whom they can change software process representations to match real-world situations. In this paper, the authors define a set of goals and requirements for a language and supporting software tool to control the flexibility within software processes. They follow a two-step approach, where 1) process engineers use the language constructs and supporting tool to define controlled flexibility-related information within software process models, and 2) software team members browse and learn from this information, and perform changes accordingly.	777.56 KB	Adobe PDF	Download

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Martinho, Ricardo

Domingos, Dulce

Varajão, João

Abstract(s)

Software processes are dynamic entities that are often changed and evolved by software development team members. Consequently, flexibility is one of the most important features within software processes and related tools. However, in the everyday practice, team members do not wish for total flexibility. They prefer to learn about and follow controlled flexibility advice, that is, previously defined information on which, where, how and by whom they can change software process representations to match real-world situations. In this paper, the authors define a set of goals and requirements for a language and supporting software tool to control the flexibility within software processes. They follow a two-step approach, where 1) process engineers use the language constructs and supporting tool to define controlled flexibility-related information within software process models, and 2) software team members browse and learn from this information, and perform changes accordingly.

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EISBN - 9781609609023
Fonte: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ricardo-Martinho-3/publication/220121758_Goals_and_Requirements_for_Supporting_Controlled_Flexibility_in_Software_Processes/links/55dc61f308aed6a199adedf8/Goals-and-Requirements-for-Supporting-Controlled-Flexibility-in-Software-Processes.pdf

Keywords

goal requirement software process model controlled flexibility language

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/14593

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Martinho, R., Domingos, D., & Varajão, J. (2010). Goals and Requirements for Supporting Controlled Flexibility in Software Processes. Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), 23(3), 11-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2010070102.