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A high-level object-oriented specification language for configuration management and tool integration

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Abstract

The main points of our position and approach are that

  1. (1)

    the high-level object-oriented specification of a software process based on well-known design methods like OMT is highly intuitive and easily acceptable,

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    current general object-oriented design methods fail in providing enough rigour and dedication for process modelling and in particular configuration management which is considered a major part of process modelling,

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    exploiting inheritance properly (i.e. in a well-defined way) especially when specifying dynamic behaviour makes the definition and adjustment of project or company specific process as safe and as easy as possible,

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    the use of generated class interfaces and of an envelope library for tool integration ensures as much as possible independence from a particular implementation and thus guarantees an implementation highly portable.

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  1. Fachbereich Mathematik-Informatik, AG Softwaretechnik, Universität-GH Paderborn, Warburger Str. 100, D-33098, Paderborn

    O. Neumann, S. Sachweh & W. Schäfer

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Neumann, O., Sachweh, S., Schäfer, W. (1996). A high-level object-oriented specification language for configuration management and tool integration. In: Montangero, C. (eds) Software Process Technology. EWSPT 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1149. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0017740

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