Rationale-Based Software Engineering

Many decisions are required throughout the software development process. These decisions, and to some extent the decision-making process itself, can best be documented as the rationale for the system, which will reveal not only what was done during development but the reasons behind the choices made...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Burge, Janet E., Carroll, John M. (Author), McCall, Raymond (Author), Mistrík, Ivan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2008, 2008
Edition:1st ed. 2008
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • What is Rationale and Why Does It Matter?
  • What Makes Software Different
  • Rationale and Software Engineering
  • Learning from Rationale Research in Other Domains
  • Decision-Making in Software Engineering
  • Uses for Rationale
  • Presentation of Rationale
  • Evaluation
  • Support for Collaboration
  • Change Analysis
  • Rationale and Software Engineering
  • Rationale and the Software Lifecycle
  • Rationale and Requirements Engineering
  • Rationale and Software Design
  • Rationale and Software VV&T
  • Rationale and Software Maintenance
  • Rationale and Software Re-use
  • Frameworks for Rationale-Based Software Engineering
  • A Conceptual Framework
  • An Architectural Framework
  • Rationale-Based Software Engineering: Summary and Prospect