Title :
Why context matters - and what can we do about it?
Author :
Gause, Donald C.
Author_Institution :
Thomas J. Watson Sch. of Eng., Binghamton Univ., USA
Abstract :
Context is everything else that\´s relevant to the given software design problem, including the obvious, the subtle, the invisible, and the unknowable - the design\´s environment. Because the software design environment contains limitless numbers of ill-defined factors, the key to our success is determining and incorporating "just the right number" of design-relevant factors.
Keywords :
formal specification; software architecture; context; requirements analysis; software design environment; Delay; Design engineering; Error correction; Financial management; Information management; Monitoring; Scheduling; Software tools; Statistics; System testing; ambiguity; software design; visibility;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2005.143