Reconciling software requirements and architectures with intermediate models

GrÃ¼nbacher, Paul; Egyed, Alexander; Medvidovic, Nenad

doi:10.1007/s10270-003-0038-6

Reconciling software requirements and architectures with intermediate models

by Paul GrÃ¼nbacher, Alexander Egyed, Nenad Medvidovic

Abstract:

Little guidance and few methods are available for the refinement of software requirements into an architecture satisfying those requirements. Part of the challenge stems from the fact that requirements and architectures use different terms and concepts to capture the model elements relevant to each. In this paper we will present CBSP, a lightweight approach intended to provide a systematic way of reconciling requirements and architectures using intermediate models. CBSP leverages a simple set of architectural concepts (components, connectors, overall systems, and their properties) to recast and refine the requirements into an intermediate model facilitating their mapping to architectures. Furthermore, the intermediate CBSP model eases capturing and maintaining arbitrarily complex relationships between requirements and architectural model elements, as well as among CBSP model elements. We have applied CBSP within the context of different requirements and architecture definition techniques. We leverage that experience in this paper to demonstrate the CBSP method and tool support using a large-scale example.

Reference:

Paul GrÃ¼nbacher, Alexander Egyed, Nenad Medvidovic, "Reconciling software requirements and architectures with intermediate models", In Journal Software and System Modeling, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 235-253, 2004.

Bibtex Entry:

@Article{dblp:journals/sosym/GrunbacherEM04,
  Title                    = {Reconciling software requirements and architectures with intermediate models},
  Author                   = {Paul GrÃ¼nbacher and Alexander Egyed and Nenad Medvidovic},
  Journal                  = {Journal Software and System Modeling},
  Year                     = {2004},
  Number                   = {3},
  Pages                    = {235-253},
  Volume                   = {3},

  Abstract                 = {Little guidance and few methods are available for the refinement of software requirements into an architecture satisfying those requirements. Part of the challenge stems from the fact that requirements and architectures use different terms and concepts to capture the model elements relevant to each. In this paper we will present CBSP, a lightweight approach intended to provide a systematic way of reconciling requirements and architectures using intermediate models. CBSP leverages a simple set of architectural concepts (components, connectors, overall systems, and their properties) to recast and refine the requirements into an intermediate model facilitating their mapping to architectures. Furthermore, the intermediate CBSP model eases capturing and maintaining arbitrarily complex relationships between requirements and architectural model elements, as well as among CBSP model elements. We have applied CBSP within the context of different requirements and architecture definition techniques. We leverage that experience in this paper to demonstrate the CBSP method and tool support using a large-scale example.},
  Doi                      = {10.1007/s10270-003-0038-6},
  File                     = {Reconciling Software Requirements and Architectures with Intermediate Models:Journals\\JSoSyM 2004 - Reconciling Software Requirements and Architectures with Intermediate Models\\Reconciling Software Requirements and Architectures with Intermediate Models.pdf:PDF},
  ISSN                     = {1619-1366},
  Keywords                 = {requirements, architecture},
  Owner                    = {paul},
  Timestamp                = {2015.09.12}
}