Secure Software Configuration Management Processes for nuclear safety software development environment

2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 2174-2179 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.-Hsin Chou
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Nuclear Safety ◽  
Software Configuration Management ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Software Development Environment ◽  
Software Configuration ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Secure Software

scholarly journals Ragnarok: An Architecture Based Software Development Environment

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (540) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Bærbak Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Software Architecture ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Software Configuration Management ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Geographic Space ◽  
Software Configuration ◽  
Space Architecture ◽  
Viable Model

The Ragnarok project is an experimental computer science project within the field of software development environments. Taking current problems in software engineering as starting point, a small set of hypotheses are proposed, outlining plausible solutions for problems concerning the management of the development process and its associated data, and outlining how these solutions can be supported directly in a development environment. These hypotheses are all deeply rooted in the viewpoint that the logical software architecture forms a natural and powerful framework for handling essential aspects of the development process. <br /> <br /> The main contributions presented in the thesis have evolved from work with two of the hypotheses: These address the problems of management of evolution, and overview, comprehension and navigation respectively. <br /> <br /> The first main contribution is the Architectural Software Configuration Management Model: A software configuration management model where the abstractions and hierarchy of the logical aspect of software architecture forms the basis for version control and configuration management. The second main contribution is the Geographic Space Architecture Visualisation Model: A visualisation model where entities in a software architecture are organised geographically in a two-dimensional plane, their visual appearance determined by processing a subset of the data in the entities, and interaction with the project's underlying data performed by direct manipulation of the landscape entities. <br /> <br /> A major effort has been invested in the design, development and deployment of a prototype software development environment, Ragnarok, that implements the core of these models. The Ragnarok prototype has been used in three, small- to medium-sized, real development projects for nearly three years. <br /> <br /> The main results from the three case studies are the following: The architectural software configuration management model is a natural and viable model for configuration management, at least for small- to medium-sized systems. The model's main assets are that it minimises the gap between the concepts used in the development domain and configuration domain; and its emphasis on bound configurations ensures traceability and reproducibility of configurations and architectural changes. The geographic space architecture visualisation model is a viable model for visualising the logical aspect of an architecture. The model's main assets are enhanced navigational abilities as the focus is shifted from name-based to location-based search which allows humans' fine spatial memory to be exploited; and strengthened overview as the architecture is visible and readily accessible in a compact form.

The Tetrad Influences

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-42
Author(s):  
Usman Khan Durrani ◽  
Zijad Pita ◽  
Joan Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Software Configuration Management ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Software Configuration ◽  
Software Product ◽  
Software Development Methodologies ◽  
Organizational Needs

The Software Configuration Management (SCM) process with its origin in hardware development was first applied to the software development environment in the 1950's. Since then many IT dynamics associated with this process have evolved, such as, software development methodologies, software process improvement standards, computing environments, and organizational needs. Through the observation of these IT dynamics, which the researchers called “the tetrad influences”, it is now apparent that there is a need to look into new adaptable approaches to apply the SCM process for traceability and governance. In this paper, we will present a conceptual framework highlighting the tetrad influences on the SCM process and will propose a Software configuration Adaptable Lean Agile Management “SALAM” model as a solution. We contribute a case study of a large Australian IT project where hybrid project teams delivered a consolidated software product in a hybrid cloud computing environment.

UCDiff: Difference Detection in Use Case Models of Healthcare System

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2369-2377
Author(s):  
Waqar Mehmood ◽  
Hassan Jari ◽  
Ali Tahir ◽  
Waqar Aslam ◽  
Muhammad Kamran
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Software Configuration Management ◽  
Difference Detection ◽  
Software Configuration ◽  
Use Case Models ◽  
Use Case Model

Development of large-scale healthcare software projects essentially need the efficient management of the created software artifacts during software development process. In such projects different versions of an artifact are created at different times. Traditional software configuration management systems, such as Git, Subversion (SVN), etc., are designed for later phases of software development, which mainly handle the source code document. These systems are unable to perform difference detection and version management tasks on models such as unified modeling language diagrams. UML use case model is used for capturing functional requirements at analyses phase. Different versions of the use case model are created during analyses phase. This paper addresses the detection of differences between two versions of a use case model. In order to perform difference detection, we need to perform three main tasks, i. e., extract the contents of the model, comparison of models and difference representation. Most of the existing approaches in literature of model comparison deal with UML class diagrams. To the best of our knowledge, so far no appropriate approach addresses difference computation of use case model. Existing approaches are not applicable on use case model due to different semantics of use case model. In this research, the concept of model-based software configuration management (SCM) for use case difference detection is proposed. The use case models are created in an open source tool, starUML. The proposed difference algorithm is applied on intermediate tree structure representation of models. As a case study, different versions of a patient appointment healthcare system is used to evaluate different evaluation parameters, such as accuracy, domain independence, high conceptual level and tool independence.

UCDiff: Difference Detection in Use Case Models of Healthcare System

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 2369-2377
Author(s):  
Waqar Mehmood ◽  
Hassan Jari ◽  
Ali Tahir ◽  
Waqar Aslam ◽  
Muhammad Kamran
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Healthcare System ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Configuration Management ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Software Configuration Management ◽  
Difference Detection ◽  
Software Configuration ◽  
Use Case Models ◽  
Use Case Model

Development of large-scale healthcare software projects essentially need the efficient management of the created software artifacts during software development process. In such projects different versions of an artifact are created at different times. Traditional software configuration management systems, such as Git, Subversion (SVN), etc., are designed for later phases of software development, which mainly handle the source code document. These systems are unable to perform difference detection and version management tasks on models such as unified modeling language diagrams. UML use case model is used for capturing functional requirements at analyses phase. Different versions of the use case model are created during analyses phase. This paper addresses the detection of differences between two versions of a use case model. In order to perform difference detection, we need to perform three main tasks, i. e., extract the contents of the model, comparison of models and difference representation. Most of the existing approaches in literature of model comparison deal with UML class diagrams. To the best of our knowledge, so far no appropriate approach addresses difference computation of use case model. Existing approaches are not applicable on use case model due to different semantics of use case model. In this research, the concept of model-based software configuration management (SCM) for use case difference detection is proposed. The use case models are created in an open source tool, starUML. The proposed difference algorithm is applied on intermediate tree structure representation of models. As a case study, different versions of a patient appointment healthcare system is used to evaluate different evaluation parameters, such as accuracy, domain independence, high conceptual level and tool independence.

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