Description
Book SynopsisThe final installment in this three-volume set is based on this maxim: "Before software can be designed its requirements must be well understood, and before the requirements can be expressed properly the domain of the application must be well understood." The book covers the process from the development of domain descriptions, through the derivation of requirements prescriptions from domain models, to the refinement of requirements into software architectures and component design.
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"The presentation is focused on the fundamental ideas of domain engineering, requirements engineering and computer system engineering. … The rigorous treatment and the author’s original style of viewing the software engineering approaches are important, outstanding features … . is of special interest for both software engineering theorists and practitioners … . The style is very concise, but at the same time very friendly. … Undoubtedly, readers coming from a large variety of fields of interest will appreciate the novelty and usefulness … ." (Tudor Balanescu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1095 (21), 2006)
Table of ContentsOpening.- The Triptych Paradigm.- Documents.- Conceptual Framework.- Methods and Methodology.- Models and Modelling.- Descriptions: Theory and Practice.- Phenomena and Concepts.- On Defining and on Definitions.- Jackson’s Description Principles.- Domain Engineering.- Overview of Domain Engineering.- Domain Stakeholders.- Domain Attributes.- Domain Facets.- Domain Acquisition.- Domain Analysis and Concept Formation.- Domain Verification and Validation.- Towards Domain Theories.- The Domain Engineering Process Model.- Requirements Engineering.- Overview of Requirements Engineering.- Requirements Stakeholders.- Requirements Facets.- Requirements Acquisition.- Requirements Analysis and Concept Formation.- Requirements Verification and Validation.- Requirements Satisfiability and Feasibility.- The Requirements Engineering Process Model.- Computing Systems Design.- Hardware/Software Codesign.- Software Architecture Design.- A Case Study in Component Design.- Domain-Specific Architectures.- Etcetera: Coding and All That!.- The Computing Systems Design Process Model.- Closing.- The Triptych Development Process Model.- Finale.
