Authors:
Diana Kirk
1
and
Stephen MacDonell
2
Affiliations:
1
Consultant, New Zealand
;
2
Auckland University of Technology (AUT), New Zealand
Keyword(s):
Software Development, Software Engineering, Theoretical Model, Software Context.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Context
;
Context Formalization
;
Context Identification
;
Context Representation
;
MetaModeling
;
Model Composition
;
Model Evolution
;
Models
;
Paradigm Trends
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
There is growing acknowledgement within the software engineering community that a theory of software development is needed to integrate the myriad methodologies that are currently popular, some of which are
based on opposing perspectives. We have been developing such a theory for a number of years. In this position paper, we overview our theory along with progress made thus far. We suggest that, once fully developed,
this theory, or one similar to it, may be applied to support situated software development, by providing an overarching model within which software initiatives might be categorised and understood. Such understanding
would inevitably lead to greater predictability with respect to outcomes.