Domain-oriented software process re-engineering with software synthesis shell SOFTEX/S

Author

Sato, Akiyoshi ; TOMOBE, Minoru ; Yamanouchi, Toru ; Watanabe, Masanobu ; Hijikata, Masashi

Author_Institution

C&C Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

1995

fDate

12-15 Nov 1995

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

104

Abstract

The paper proposes a domain-oriented software process re-engineering method that allows for efficient software process modeling and cuts overall software development cost. This is achieved by use of a software synthesis shell that supports the development of program generators from input specification syntax and rewrite rules. Application of the proposed method to the development of a large scale “chain store management system” resulted in the development of a specification checker, two program generators, a specification document generator, and a test data generator. The overall development cost, including re-engineering cost, for this store management system has been reduced by 164 man-months

Keywords

automatic programming; formal specification; grammars; graphical user interfaces; knowledge based systems; marketing; program testing; retail data processing; reverse engineering; rewriting systems; software cost estimation; system documentation; systems re-engineering; SOFTEX/S software synthesis shell; domain-oriented software process re-engineering; efficient software process modeling; input specification syntax; large scale chain store management system; program generator development; rewrite rules; software development cost; specification checker; specification document generator; test data generator; Application software; Costs; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Productivity; Programming; Software debugging; Software development management; Software systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Knowledge-Based Software Engineering Conference, 1995 .Proceedings., 10th

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1068-3062

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7204-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/KBSE.1995.490124

Filename

490124