Work processes: scenarios as a preliminary vocabulary
Scenario-based design
Investigating and improving a COTS-based software development
Proceedings of the 22nd international conference on Software engineering
The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction, Second Edition
The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction, Second Edition
Lessons Learned Integrating COTS into Systems
ICCBSS '02 Proceedings of the First International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems
ICCBSS '02 Proceedings of the First International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems
BiCom: An Evaluation Framework for COTS Components
ICCBSS '03 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on COTS-Based Software Systems
Scenario-Based Requirements Engineering
RE '03 Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering
Elicitation Technique Selection: How Do Experts Do It?
RE '03 Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering
Enabling the selection of COTS components
ICCBSS'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on COTS-Based Software Systems
A method for compatible COTS component selection
ICCBSS'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on COTS-Based Software Systems
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Constructing software by integrating commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components is widely practised, particularly in the IT service industry. For vendors of COTS components, requirements engineering is particularly challenging. To continually improve their products, vendors must identify and analyze problems that occur when their components are used in a wide variety of integrated solutions, and they must anticipate new applications in which their components could be used. In this paper, we describe a scenario-based framework developed at the Software Group division of IBM Corporation (IBM SWG) The framework mimics the solution integration process for new business opportunities, allowing the development teams to evaluate their components, discover and re-solve integration issues, and to surface new requirements for future releases. This paper describes the framework, gives an example of its use in a business scenario, discusses the experience of using this framework at IBM SWG, and relates the lessons learned.