A sense and respond process model for software development organizations


Çulha D., ONAY L. Z.

11th International Conference on Product Focused Software Development and Process Improvement, PROFES 2010, Limerick, Ireland, 21 - 23 June 2010, pp.67-70 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1145/1961258.1961275
  • City: Limerick
  • Country: Ireland
  • Page Numbers: pp.67-70
  • Keywords: abstract and concrete process, context, sense-and-respond, software process description
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Software development organizations need dynamic capabilities to adapt to the changing development and business contexts. This paper presents a process modeling approach that incorporates the context into process descriptions, enabling process owners to "design their processes for change" and switch processes during execution. The model adapts the sense-and-respond approach for organizations to software processes and uses the role-based modeling in process descriptions. The processes are represented using the Strategy Design Pattern. The model provides "know-why" information to support process owners in selecting process descriptions applicable to the project. The model is illustrated for the "requirements analysis" process of the software development life cycle. © 2010 ACM.