In October of 1996, Anthony Finkelstein managed to unite more than 30 researchers to discuss the concept of viewpoint applied to Software Engineering. The International Workshop on Multiple Perspectives in Software Development proceedings has 32 short papers on the topic. It is the more diverse collection of viewpoints literature dealing with the concept of viewpoint in Requirements Engineering.
Below follows a list of all the 32 papers published in the Viewpoints 96 Workshop.
1) Relating viewpoints: a preface to Viewpoints 96
Anthony Finkelstein
2) Multiple view analysis of designs
Boumediene Belkhouche, Cuauhtémoc Lemus Olalde
3) Issues in multiparadigm viewpoint specification
Eerke Boiten, Howard Bowman, John Derrick, Maarten Steen
4) Modularized exception handling
Martin S. Feather
5) Managing interference
Anthony Finkelstein, George Spanoudakis, David Till
6) Multi viewpoint analysis in requirements process
Hisayuki Horai
7) Connecting viewpoints by shared phenomena
Michael Jackson
8) Towards a framework for managing inconsistency between multiple views
Bashar Nuseibeh
9) Solving conflicts produces new contexts
Laurent Perrussel
10) Consistency management for multiple perspective software development
Wai Leung Poon, Anthony Finkelstein
11) Automated assistance for conflict resolution in multiple perspective systems analysis and operation
William N. Robinson
12) Tool support for requirements formalisation
Jaelson F. B. Castro, Christian J. Gautreau, Marco A. Toranzo
13) An architecture for viewpoint environments based on OMG/CORBA
Wolfgang Emmerich
14) Support for constructing environments with multiple views
John C. Grundy, John G. Hosking, Warwick B. Mugridge, Robert W. Amor
15) Multiple view software process support using the MultiView architecture
David Jacobs, Chris Marlin
16) Multiple views based on unparsing canonical representations—the MultiView architecture
Chris Marlin
17) Tool support for multiple viewpoints
Geoff Mullery
18) Generating direct manipulation program editors within the MultiView programming environment
Michael Read, Chris Marlin
19) Supporting viewpoints in Metaview
Paul G. Sorenson, Piotr S. Findeisen, J. Paul Tremblay
20) An approach to conceptual feedback in multiple viewed software requirements modeling
Harry S. Delugach
21) A module concept for ViewPoints
Christian Piwetz, Michael Goedicke
22) Divergent views in goal-driven requirements engineering
Axel van Lamsweerde
23) A convergent systems viewpoint on viewpoints
Jack C. Wileden, Alan Kaplan
24) View-based mechanisms for structured and distributed enactment
Denis Avrilionis, Pierre-Yves Cunin
25) Viewpoints supporting the development of interactive software
T. C. Nicholas Graham
26) Business patterns and viewpoints
Haim Kilov, Ian Simmonds
27) Managing analytical complexity of safety critical systems using viewpoints
J. A. McDermid, A. J. Vickers, S. P. Wilson
28) Viewpoints-based software for management problem-solving interventions
Nikolay Mehandjiev
29) About views for modeling software processes in a role-specific manner
Martin Verlage
30) Viewpoints on viewpoints
Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite
31) Viewpoints in object database systems
Elisa Bertino, Giovanna Guerrini
32) Providing multiple views for objects by means of surrogates
Naftaly H. Minsky, Partha Pratim Pal
Using the Concept of Viewpoints in Requirements Engineering
Welcome
Almost 20 years ago I wrote a thesis on the use of Viewpoints in Requirements Elicitation. It was one of the first works that explored the idea of using different viewpoints for better understanding software requirements. It stands on the shoulders of two giants: SADT and Core, but it went further as to use automation in the process of using different viewpoints and perspectives to elicit more sound requirements.
I am making the original text available. I will also use this space as to gather work related to the topic.
Please fell free to comment. I will moderate the comments, and may comment on some of them. The intention of this space is to foster debate as well as to serve as a reference on the topic.
I am making the original text available. I will also use this space as to gather work related to the topic.
Please fell free to comment. I will moderate the comments, and may comment on some of them. The intention of this space is to foster debate as well as to serve as a reference on the topic.