MUSTER | ScienceGate

2010 ◽

pp. 146-165

Author(s):

Chad Coulin ◽

Didar Zowghi ◽

Abd-El-Kader Sahraoui

Keyword(s):

Systems Development ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Requirements Elicitation ◽

Software Systems ◽

Method Engineering ◽

Group Support System ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Elicitation Process ◽

The Common ◽

Computer Aided Software Engineering

In this chapter they present a collaborative and situational tool called MUSTER, that has been specifically designed and developed for requirements elicitation workshops, and which utilizes, extends, and demonstrates a successful application of intelligent technologies for Computer Aided Software Engineering and Computer Aided Method Engineering. The primary objective of this tool is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the requirements elicitation process for software systems development, whilst addressing some of the common issues often encountered in practice through the integration of intelligent technologies. The tool also offers an example of how a group support system, coupled with artificial intelligence, can be applied to very practical activities and situations within the software development process.

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Evolution and Maintenance of Web Sites

Managing Corporate Information Systems Evolution and Maintenance ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-366-1.ch011 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 255-271

Author(s):

Rafael Capilla ◽

Juan C. Duenas

Keyword(s):

Web Sites ◽

Systems Development ◽

Product Line ◽

Software Systems ◽

Software Products ◽

Software Companies ◽

Software Engineers ◽

The Common ◽

Common Architecture ◽

The Web

In this chapter we describe the product line models, and show how to apply them for developing and evolving Web products. A product line captures the common and variable aspects of software systems as key assets under a common architecture. Software companies are increasingly adopting this approach in order to accelerate the development of families of similar software products. In certain domains, such as the Web systems, development and maintenance operations are required more often. New techniques to engineer Web sites are needed in order to reduce the time to market for the Web products and to maintain the systems afterward. The authors believe that understanding the notion of lightweight product line and the role that the architecture plays will help software engineers in the construction of software products, and they will be able to manage the evolution effectively against future changes.

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Computer Aided Method Engineering

Computer-Aided Method Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-878289-94-0.ch002 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 21-36

Author(s):

Ajantha Dahanayake

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Systems Engineering ◽

Systems Development ◽

Information Systems Development ◽

Method Engineering ◽

Organizational Information ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Automated Support ◽

Development Methods ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between information systems development methods, organizational information systems engineering requirements, and the advantage of flexible automated support environments is presented. CASE technology is presented as a possible solution to provide flexible automated support. In this chapter the major topic is a conceptual model to specify the functionality of a support environment. First a review of a number of basic concepts and approaches for deriving models for CASE environments are given. An informal description of service component concepts used to derive a generic framework is presented. Further, a configuration of service components, to support Computer Aided Method Engineering (CAME), is outlined.

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Process Models of SDLCs

Handbook of Research on Modern Systems Analysis and Design Technologies and Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-887-1.ch005 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 76-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Laura C. Rodriguez ◽

Manuel Mora ◽

Miguel Vargas Martin ◽

Rory O’Connor ◽

Francisco Alvarez

Keyword(s):

Software Process ◽

Systems Development ◽

Life Cycles ◽

Process Models ◽

Software Systems ◽

Engineering Discipline ◽

Development Teams ◽

The Common ◽

Research Questions ◽

Conceptual Research

The software engineering discipline has developed the concept of software process to guide development teams towards a high-quality end product to be delivered on-time and within the planned budget. Consequently,several software-systems development life-cycles (PM-SDLCs) have been theoretically formulated and empirically tested over the years. In this chapter, a conceptual research methodology is used to review the state of the art on the main PM-SDLCs formulated for software-intensive systems, with the aim to answer the following research questions: (a) What are the main characteristics that describe the PM-SDLCs?, (b) What are the common and unique characteristics of such PM-SDLCs?, and (c) What are the main benefits and limitations of PM-SDLCs from a viewpoint of a conceptual analysis? This research is motivated by a gap in the literature on comprehensive studies that describe and compare the main PMSDLCs and organizes a view of the large variety of PM-SDLCs.

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Disassembly Process Information Model for Remanufacturing

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering ◽

10.1115/1.4024543 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Shaw C. Feng ◽

Thomas Kramer ◽

Ram D. Sriram ◽

Hanmin Lee ◽

Che B. Joung ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Service Life ◽

Information Model ◽

Systems Development ◽

Software Systems ◽

Process Information ◽

Workpiece Material ◽

Material Content ◽

Disassembly Process ◽

Computer Aided

Disassembly is essential to dismantle a product for remanufacturing during maintenance or at the end of service life. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an information model for describing disassembly processes. A disassembly process includes many subprocesses, such as separation, cleaning, repair, replacement, and inspection. This paper describes a disassembly process information model with the following key components: workpiece, material content, equipment, and workflow. The workflow aspect supports the modeling of operations, operation sequences, branching an operation into multiple ones, and joining multiple operations into one. The model provides a foundation for computer-aided disassembly software systems development.

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Computer Aided Method Engineering

Successful Software Reengineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-931777-12-4.ch001 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 1-15

Author(s):

Ajantha Dahanayake

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Systems Engineering ◽

Systems Development ◽

Information Systems Development ◽

Method Engineering ◽

Organizational Information ◽

Computer Aided ◽

Automated Support ◽

Development Methods ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between information systems development methods, organizational information systems engineering requirements, and the advantage of flexible automated support environments is presented. CASE technology is presented as a possible solution to provide flexible automated support. In this chapter the major topic is a conceptual model to specify the functionality of a support environment. First a review of a number of basic concepts and approaches for deriving models for CASE environments are given. An informal description of service component concepts used to derive a generic framework is presented. Further, a configuration of service components, to support Computer Aided Method Engineering (CAME), is outlined.

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