Method engineering for multi-perspective software development

doi:10.1016/0950-5849(95)01054-8

Information and Software Technology

Volume 38, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-274

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Abstract

This paper examines the role of the method engineer in the context of multi-perspective software development. Such development is characterized by the existence of multiple development participants who hold multiple views on a system and its domain. These views may be described and developed using multiple representation schemes and development strategies respectively. The paper outlines the Viewpoints framework—an organizational framework developed to model such a scenario—and then examines the method engineering process required to support the kind of multi-perspective development described. The role of tool support in this context is also explored.

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Method engineering for multi-perspective software development

Abstract

Viewpoints: a framework for integrating multiple perspectives in system development

Methodology engineering: a proposal for situation-specific methodology construction

Computer aided method engineering based on existing meta-CASE technology

Meta-CASE Technology

VSF and its relationship to open systems and standard repositories

Modelling of working groups in computer supported cooperative work

Coordinating distributed ViewPoints: the anatomy of a consistency check

A framework for expressing the relationships between multiple views in requirements specification

A configurable framework for method and tool integration

Configuration programming—a framework for the development of distributed systems

Inconsistency handling in multi-perspective specifications

Software processes are software too