Authors:
Hércules Antonio do Prado
1
;
Edilson Ferneda
2
;
Aluizio Haendchen Filho
3
and
Sandra Alvarenga
4
Affiliations:
1
Catholic University of Brasilia and Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil
;
2
Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil
;
3
UNIFEBE, Brazil
;
4
UniCEUB, Brazil
Keyword(s):
Software Engineering, Design Rationale, Case-Based Reasoning, Knowledge Management.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
;
Case-Based Reasoning
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Pattern Recognition
;
Software Engineering
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Theory and Methods
Abstract:
This paper proposes a process for supporting reuse of decisions during the software development process, involving architectural, technological, or management issues, in order to help reducing time and costs in process. A survey with software engineering professionals was performed aiming at identifying a set of decision-making cases that could be applied to design the process. From the result of this survey, a process was implemented, including related software and procedures that eases the reuse of decisions made during software development projects. Design Rationale techniques were applied to structure the cases that were represented and recovered by means of a Case-Based Reasoning approach. The applicability of this approach was evaluated by means of a two-phase case study. The first one encompassed the construction of the case base using the cases identified previously and the second was focused in the application of the system and its evaluation by means of group dynamics. The
focal group was chosen among a set of software engineering experts from companies and universities located in Brasília, the Brazilian capital. Satisfactory results were found with respect to the usefulness of the model to improve the performance of software development when past cases are available.
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