A Pattern for Modeling Rework in Software Development Processes

It is usual for work completed at one point in a software development process to be revisited, or reworked, at a later point. Such rework is informally understood, but if we hope to support reasoning about, and partial automation of, software development processes, rework be more formally understood. In our experience in designing formalized processes in software development and other domains, we have noticed a recurring process pattern that can be used to model rework quite successfully. This paper presents that pattern, which models rework as procedure invocation in a context that is carefully constructed and managed. We present some scenarios drawn from software engineering in which rework occurs. The paper presents rigorously defined models of these scenarios, and demonstrates the applicability of the pattern in constructing these models.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ISPW
• Authors: Aaron G. Cass, Leon J. Osterweil, Alexander E. Wise
• Keywords: ISPW 2009, Software Development, Software Development Process, Software Engineering, Such Rework