Modular Process Patterns Supporting an Evolutionary Software Development Process

Change and evolution of business and technology imply change and evolution of development processes. Besides that for a certain enterprise and/or project we will usually integrate elements from a variety of existing process models, comprising generic standards as well as specific development methods. In this paper we propose a Process Framework which is modularly structured on the basis of the concept of process patterns. This framework allows us to describe development processes in a way such that change, evolution, and integration of processes are facilitated. Founded on our framework we sketch the idea of a living development process. An example illustrates our approach.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: PROFES
• Authors: Michael Gnatz, Frank Marschall, Gerhard Popp, Andreas Rausch, Wolfgang Schwerin
• Keywords: Development Processes, Enterprise And/or Project, PROFES 2001, Software Engineering, Technology Imply Change