Rationale-Based Software Engineering

• Main Authors: Burge, Janet E. (Author), Carroll, John M. (Author), McCall, Raymond (Author), Mistrik, Ivan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Management information systems.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Software Engineering.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Electrical Engineering.

Many decisions are required throughout the software development process. These decisions, and to some extent the decision-making process itself, can best be documented as the rationale for the system, which will reveal not only what was done during development but the reasons behind the choices made...