A Framework and Tool-Support for Reengineering Software Development Methods

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Bajec, Marko | Vavpotič, Damjan

Affiliations: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Computer and Information Science Trzaska 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, e-mail: marko.bajec@fri.uni-lj.si, damjan.vavpotic@fri.uni-lj.si

Abstract: The purpose of the research described in this paper is to propose a framework and supporting tools that will help software companies to establish formalised methods that will be technically and socially sound with their needs. Following the framework the companies can asses and improve their existing ways of working, capture them into formalised methods and continuously enrich them based on the past development experiences. Furthermore, the formalised methods that are designed based on the suggested framework are flexible and can be automatically adjusted by the supporting tools to suite circumstances of a particular project or team. This paper describes the framework philosophy and its tool support.

Keywords: software process, software process improvement, software development method, situational method engineering, situation factors and suitability, method adaptation and extension techniques, computer aided method engineering (came) tools

Journal: Informatica, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 321-344, 2008