Title :
Recognizing design decisions in programs
Author :
Rugaber, Spencer ; Ornburn, S.B. ; LeBlanc, Richanl J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
The authors present a characterization of design decisions that is based on the analysis of programming constructs. The characterization underlies a framework for documenting and manipulating design information to facilitate maintenance and reuse activities. They identify and describe the following categories of design decisions: composition and decomposition; encapsulation and interleaving; generalization and specialization; representation; data and procedures; and function and relation. The authors discuss how to recognize and represent design decisions.<>
Keywords :
programming; software engineering; composition; decomposition; design decisions; design information; encapsulation; generalization; interleaving; maintenance; programming constructs; representation; reuse activities; specialization; Character recognition; Process design; Programming profession; Reverse engineering; Software design; Software engineering;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
