Situational Method Engineering / by Brian Henderson-Sellers, Jolita Ralyté, Pär J. Ågerfalk, Matti Rossi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson-Sellers, Brian, author.

Ralyté, Jolita, author.

Ågerfalk, Pär J., author.

Rossi, Matti, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (Springer-11645)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Software engineering.

Management information systems.

Computer science.

Software Engineering.

Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Local Subjects:

Software Engineering.

Management of Computing and Information Systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XX, 310 pages) : 167 illustrations, 58 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2014.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

While previously available methodologies for software - like those published in the early days of object technology - claimed to be appropriate for every conceivable project, situational method engineering (SME) acknowledges that most projects typically have individual characteristics and situations. Thus, finding the most effective methodology for a particular project needs specific tailoring to that situation. Such a tailored software development methodology needs to take into account all the bits and pieces needed for an organization to develop software, including the software process, the input and output work products, the people involved, the languages used to describe requirements, design, code, and eventually also measures of success or failure. The authors have structured the book into three parts. Part I deals with all the basic concepts, terminology and overall ideas underpinning situational method engineering. As a summary of this part, they present a formal meta-model that enables readers to create their own quality methods and supporting tools. In Part II, they explain how to implement SME in practice, id est, how to find method components and put them together and how to evaluate the resulting method. For illustration, they also include several industry case studies of customized or constructed processes, highlighting the impact that high-quality engineered methods can have on the success of an industrial software development. Finally, Part III summarizes some of the more recent and forward-looking ideas. This book presents the first summary of the state of the art for SME. For academics, it provides a comprehensive conceptual framework and discusses new research areas. For lecturers, thanks to its step-by-step explanations from basics to the customization and quality assessment of constructed methods, it serves as a solid basis for comprehensive courses on the topic. For industry methodologists, it offers a reference guide on features and technologies to consider when developing in-house software development methods or customising and adopting off-the-shelf ones.

Contents:

Part I SME Basics

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Method chunks, method fragments and method components

Chapter 3 Method Engineering as a Social Practice

Chapter 4 Formal descriptions

Part II Applying SME in Practice

Chapter 5 Identification and construction of individual method chunks/fragments

Chapter 6 Processes for creating a methodology from method parts

Chapter 7 Tailoring a constructed method

Chapter 8 Assessing quality

Chapter 9 Examples of constructed processes

Part III The Future of SME

Chapter 10 Recent advances in SME

Chapter 11 Final summary and future work.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-642-41467-1

9783642414671

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