IMPROVING THE CONSISTENCY OF SPEM-BASED SOFTWARE PROCESSES

Eliana B. Pereira, Ricardo M. Bastos, Michael da C. Móra, Toacy C. Oliveira

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to improve the consistency of Spem-Based Software Processes through a set of well-formedness rules that check for errors in a software process. The well-formedness rules are based on the SPEM 2.0 metamodel and described using the Unified Modeling Language - UML multiplicity and First-Order Predicate Logic - FOLP. In this paper, the use of the well-formedness rules is exemplified using a part of the OpenUP process and the evaluation of the one of the proposed rules is shown.

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Pereira E., Bastos R., da C. Móra M. and Oliveira T. (2011). IMPROVING THE CONSISTENCY OF SPEM-BASED SOFTWARE PROCESSES . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 76-86. DOI: 10.5220/0003501100760086


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@conference{iceis11,
author={Eliana B. Pereira and Ricardo M. Bastos and Michael da C. Móra and Toacy C. Oliveira},
title={IMPROVING THE CONSISTENCY OF SPEM-BASED SOFTWARE PROCESSES },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={76-86},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003501100760086},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - IMPROVING THE CONSISTENCY OF SPEM-BASED SOFTWARE PROCESSES
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Pereira E.
AU - Bastos R.
AU - da C. Móra M.
AU - Oliveira T.
PY - 2011
SP - 76
EP - 86
DO - 10.5220/0003501100760086