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Technical Report HW-MACS-TR-0002
| Title | Towards Automated Change Propagation; the value of traceability |
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| Authors | MJ Smith, RG Dewar, K Kowalczykiewicz, D Weiss |
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| Date | 2003-10-01 |
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| Abstract | This position paper presents a framework for helping us think about moving towards automatic change propagation
for software engineering artefacts. Beginning with the notion of traceability, we offer a categorisation that includes
two dimensions of change propagation - that of notification, and that of implementing the actions arising from
notification. Using this categorisation, we then introduce the abstract idea of value derived from change propagation
and use artefact granularity as a further parameter to help us explore issues therein. Finally, as well as balancing our
discussions of value with considerations of cost, we briefly describe an ongoing EU funded project called OPHELIA
that intends to adopt this framework as a vehicle for moving towards synchronisation in a distributed, heterogeneous
development environment. |
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| Group | HWISE |
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| Notes | Originally written in early 2002 |
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