After more than 20 years of research and practice in software configuration management
(SCM), constructing consistent configurations of versioned software products still remains a …

The situational method engineering (SME) literature is surveyed and a synoptic evaluation
presented in the context of formalizing and regularizing the conceptual framework and …

Requirements traceability is intended to ensure continued alignment between stakeholder
requirements and various outputs of the system development process. To be useful, traces …

The development of most large and complex systems necessarily involves many people-
each with their own perspectives on the system defined by their knowledge, responsibilities …

Most people we know don't read a book's Preface. So, we'll keep it brief. Why read this
book? Why did we write it? The answer to both these questions is straightforward. We, the …

Purpose Business process management (BPM) has attracted much focus throughout the
years, yet there have been calls questioning the future of BPM. The purpose of this paper is …

Composite systems are generally comprised of heterogeneous components whose
specifications are developed by many development participants. The requirements of such …

Situatedness of development processes is a key issue in both the software engineering and
the method engineering communities, as there is a strong felt need for process prescriptions …

From the Publisher: This book presents frameworks, models, and tool environments for
process-centered requirements engineering. First, it gives a comprehensive overview of the …

The paper proposes a faceted framework to understand and classify issues in system
development process engineering. The framework identifies four different but …