Paper Info
Title
FlexSPMF: A Framework for Modelling and Learning Flexibility in Software Processes
Abstract
Software processes are dynamic entities that are often changed and evolved by skillful knowledge workers such as software development team members. Consequently, flexibility is one of the most important features within software process representations and related tools. However, in the everyday practice, team members do not wish for total flexibility. They rather prefer to learn about and follow previously defined advices on which, where and how they can change/adapt process representations. In this paper we present FlexSPMF: a framework for modelling controlled flexibility in software processes. It comprises three main contributions: 1) identifying a core set of flexibility concepts; 2) extending a Process Modelling Language (PML)'s metamodel with these concepts; and 3) providing modelling resources to this extended PML. This enables process engineers to define and publish software process models with additional (textual/graphical) flexibility information. Other team members can then visualise and learn about this information, and change processes accordingly.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-04754-1_9
WSKS (1)
Keywords
DocType
Volume
process engineer,software process model,software processes,flexibility information,total flexibility,software development team member,process representation,flexibility concept,team member,software process,learning flexibility,software process representation,process modelling,process engineering,software development,computer science
Conference
5736
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0302-9743
2
0.37
References 
Authors
11
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ricardo Martinho1217.36
João Varajão28521.57
Dulce Domingos3328.45