Software process validation: quantitatively measuring the correspondence of a process to a model

JE Cook, AL Wolf - ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and …, 1999 - dl.acm.org
To a great extent, the usefulness of a formal model of a software process lies in its ability to
accurately predict the behavior of the executing process. Similarly, the usefulness of an …

Workflow-based applications

F Leymann, D Roller - IBM Systems Journal, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A significant number of companies are re-engineering their business to be more effective
and productive. Consequently, existing applications must be modified, and new applications …

Techniques for supporting dynamic and adaptive workflow

PJ Kammer, GA Bolcer, RN Taylor, AS Hitomi… - Computer Supported …, 2000 - Springer
The unpredictability of business processes requires that workflowsystems support exception
handling with the ability to dynamicallyadapt to the changing environment. Traditional …

Software Processes: a Retrospective and a Path to the Future

G Cugola, C Ghezzi - Software Process: Improvement and …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Software engineering focuses on producing quality software products through quality
processes. The attention to processes dates back to the early 1970s, when software …

Assessing process-centered software engineering environments

V Ambriola, R Conradi, A Fuggetta - ACM Transactions on Software …, 1997 - dl.acm.org
Process-centered software engineering environments (PSEEs) are the most recent
generation of environments supporting software development activities. They exploit an …

Software engineering tools and environments: a roadmap

H Ossher, W Harrison, P Tarr - Proceedings of the Conference on the …, 2000 - dl.acm.org
Tools and environments to aid developers in producing software have existed, in one form
or another, since the early days of computer programming. They are becoming increasingly …

Collaboration and coordination in process-centered software development environments: a review of the literature

P Barthelmess - Information and software technology, 2003 - Elsevier
Process-centered software development environments are systems that provide automated
support for software development activities. Such environments mediate the efforts of …

State of the art and open issues in process-centered software engineering environments

A Fuggetta, C Ghezzi - Journal of Systems and Software, 1994 - Elsevier
This article discusses the state of the art and open issues in process-centered software
engineering environments (PSEEs). A PSEE is a software engineering environment in which …

Apel: A graphical yet executable formalism for process modeling

S Dami, J Estublier, M Amiour - Automated Software Engineering, 1998 - Springer
Software process improvement requires high level formalisms for describing project-specific,
organizational and quality aspects. These formalisms must be convenient not only for …

Geo-Opera: Workflow concepts for spatial processes

G Alonso, C Hagen - International Symposium on Spatial Databases, 1997 - Springer
Abstract A Process Support System provides the tools and mechanisms necessary to define,
implement and control processes, ie, complex sequences of program invocations and data …