Best Practice-based Evaluation of Software Engineering Tool Support: Collaborative Tool Support for Design, Data Modeling, Specification, and Automated Testing of Service Interfaces

Fabian Ohler, Karl-Heinz Krempels

2018

Abstract

Especially in complex software development projects, involving various actors and interaction interdependencies, the design of service interfaces is crucially important. In this work, a structured approach to support the design, specification and documentation of service interface standards is presented. To do so, we refer to a complex use case, dealing with the integration of multiple mobility services on a single platform. This endeavor requires the development of a large number of independently usable service interface standards which adhere to a multitude of quality aspects. A structured approach is required to speed up and simplify development and also to enable synergies between these service interfaces. In a previous work, we performed a requirements analysis to identify important aspects and shortcomings of the current development process and to elicit potential improvements. Starting with a first implementation of collaborative tool support for service interface development, we conducted a best practice-based evaluation with experts of the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV). In this paper, we want to present the results of this focus group-based evaluation and discuss their implications for the envisaged tool support for collaborative service interface development (design, data modeling, specification, and automated testing).

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ohler F. and Krempels K. (2018). Best Practice-based Evaluation of Software Engineering Tool Support: Collaborative Tool Support for Design, Data Modeling, Specification, and Automated Testing of Service Interfaces.In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-324-7, pages 348-355. DOI: 10.5220/0007227903480355

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist18,
author={Fabian Ohler and Karl-Heinz Krempels},
title={Best Practice-based Evaluation of Software Engineering Tool Support: Collaborative Tool Support for Design, Data Modeling, Specification, and Automated Testing of Service Interfaces},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2018},
pages={348-355},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007227903480355},
isbn={978-989-758-324-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - Best Practice-based Evaluation of Software Engineering Tool Support: Collaborative Tool Support for Design, Data Modeling, Specification, and Automated Testing of Service Interfaces
SN - 978-989-758-324-7
AU - Ohler F.
AU - Krempels K.
PY - 2018
SP - 348
EP - 355
DO - 10.5220/0007227903480355