TY - GEN
T1 - An Investigation of Software Development Process Terminology
AU - Reiner, Michael
AU - Clarke, Paul M.
AU - Mesquida, Antoni Lluís
AU - Ekert, Damjan
AU - Ekstrom, Joseph J.
AU - Gornostaja, Tatjana
AU - Jovanovic, Milos
AU - Johansen, Jørn
AU - Picahaco, Antònia Mas
AU - Messnarz, Richard
AU - Villar, Blanca Nájera
AU - O'Connor, Alexander
AU - O'Connor, Rory V.
AU - Sauberer, Gabriele
AU - Schmitz, Klaus-Dirk
AU - Yilmaz, Murat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
PY - 2016/5/12
Y1 - 2016/5/12
N2 - The practice of software development has evolved considerably in recent decades, with new programming technologies, the affordability of hardware, pervasive internet access and mobile computing all contributing to the emergence of new software development processes. The newer process initiatives, which include those which are sometimes referred to as agile or lean methods, have brought with them new terms, which sometimes reflect the introduction of novel concepts. Other times, new terms correspond to long established concepts that have been repackaged. The net position is that we have a proliferation of language and term usage in the software development process domain, a problem which has implications for assessors and assessment frameworks, and for the broader community. In this paper, we explore this problem, finding that it is worthy of further research. Plus, we identify a technique suited to addressing this concern: the establishment of a canonical software process ontological model.
AB - The practice of software development has evolved considerably in recent decades, with new programming technologies, the affordability of hardware, pervasive internet access and mobile computing all contributing to the emergence of new software development processes. The newer process initiatives, which include those which are sometimes referred to as agile or lean methods, have brought with them new terms, which sometimes reflect the introduction of novel concepts. Other times, new terms correspond to long established concepts that have been repackaged. The net position is that we have a proliferation of language and term usage in the software development process domain, a problem which has implications for assessors and assessment frameworks, and for the broader community. In this paper, we explore this problem, finding that it is worthy of further research. Plus, we identify a technique suited to addressing this concern: the establishment of a canonical software process ontological model.
KW - Ontology
KW - Software development process
KW - Software development roles
KW - Software engineering
KW - Specialised communication
KW - Terminology
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-38980-6_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-38980-6_25
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9783319389790
VL - 609
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 351
EP - 361
BT - Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination - 16th International Conference, SPICE 2016, Proceedings
A2 - Dorling, Alec
A2 - O’Connor, Rory V.
A2 - Clarke, Paul M.
A2 - Rout, Terry
PB - Springer
ER -
