TY - GEN
T1 - Derivation of process-oriented logical architectures
T2 - 13th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2012
AU - Ferreira, Nuno
AU - Santos, Nuno
AU - MacHado, Ricardo J.
AU - Gašević, Dragan
PY - 2012/6/18
Y1 - 2012/6/18
N2 - The benefits of cloud computing approaches are well known but designing logical architectures for that context can be complicated. Prior to designing a logical architecture, a proper requirements elicitation must be executed. When requirements are not properly elicited, and there are insufficient inputs for a product approach to requirements elicitation, a process-level perspective is an alternative way for achieving the intended base requirements for the logical design. Our proposed solution regards the adaptation and extension of the 4SRS (Four-Step-Rule-Set) method to derive logical architectural models, in a process-level perspective. This perspective creates context for the product-level requirements elicitation conducing to cloud design. We present a real industrial case where the method was applied and assessed. The method application results in the creation of a validated architectural model and in the uncovering of hidden requirements for the intended cloud design.
AB - The benefits of cloud computing approaches are well known but designing logical architectures for that context can be complicated. Prior to designing a logical architecture, a proper requirements elicitation must be executed. When requirements are not properly elicited, and there are insufficient inputs for a product approach to requirements elicitation, a process-level perspective is an alternative way for achieving the intended base requirements for the logical design. Our proposed solution regards the adaptation and extension of the 4SRS (Four-Step-Rule-Set) method to derive logical architectural models, in a process-level perspective. This perspective creates context for the product-level requirements elicitation conducing to cloud design. We present a real industrial case where the method was applied and assessed. The method application results in the creation of a validated architectural model and in the uncovering of hidden requirements for the intended cloud design.
KW - Application Architectures
KW - Development Methods for Cloud Applications
KW - Logical Architectures
KW - Requirements Elicitation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862187310&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-31063-8_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-31063-8_5
M3 - Conference Paper
AN - SCOPUS:84862187310
SN - 9783642310621
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 44
EP - 58
BT - Product-Focused Software Process Improvement - 13th International Conference, PROFES 2012, Proceedings
Y2 - 13 June 2012 through 15 June 2012
ER -