A version-aware tool for design rationale

  • Authors:
  • Supreet Gill;Ethan V. Munson

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • Venue:
  • WebMedia '06 Proceedings of the 12th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the web
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Software Concordance Design Rationale (SCDR) is a tool for recording design rationale, which describes the reasons that a system's design was chosen. Using the editing, linking, and versioning services of the Software Concordance system, SCDR allows developers to structure their design discussions and connect them to any of the other software documents used in the system. The versioning services, in particular, show developers the context of the design discussions, making those discussion comprehensible even in systems whose components have changed considerably over time.