An integrated solution based approach to software development using unified reuse artifacts

  • Authors:

  • S. Srinath;K. Venkatesh;D. Janaki Ram

  • Affiliations:

  • Distributed and Object Systems Group, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras;Distributed and Object Systems Group, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras;Distributed and Object Systems Group, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Although development processes are considered important in determining the quality of the product, often processes and products are considered as separate entities. This results in loss of information regarding dependencies spanning across processes and products. In this paper we propose a unit called Unified Reuse Artifact (URA) which can represent artifacts of either the "process" or the "product," in effect representing an artifact of the "solution." With this, a solution is represented as a directed graph of URAs establishing dependencies in a unified manner. This helps bring in other possibilities like project tracking, deciphering contexts and evolution in a unified way, etc. We then propose a process model oriented towards solutions, and which strives to reuse earlier experiences with the concept of a "Solution Framework."