From Non-Functional Requirements to Design through Patterns Export

@article{citeulike:236050, abstract = {<SMALL>Design patterns aid in documenting and communicating proven design solutions to recurring problems. They describe not only how to solve design problems, but also why a solution is chosen over others and what trade-offs are made. Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are pervasive in descriptions of design patterns. They play a crucial role in understanding the problem being addressed, the trade-offs discussed, and the design solution proposed. However, since design patterns are mostly expressed as informal text, the structure of the design reasoning is not systematically organised. This paper proposes a systematic treatment of NFRs in descriptions of patterns and when applying patterns during design. The approach organises, analyses and refines non-functional requirements, and provides guidance and reasoning support when applying patterns during the design of a software system. Three design patterns taken from the literature are used to illustrate this approach.</SMALL>}, author = {Gross, Daniel and Yu, Eric}, citeulike-article-id = {236050}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.metapress.com/content/LUCLRV4JLC5WYE4P}, journal = {Requirements Engineering}, keywords = {design-pattern, nfr, requirements-engineering}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {18--36}, posted-at = {2005-06-24 08:00:32}, priority = {2}, title = {From Non-Functional Requirements to Design through Patterns}, url = {http://www.metapress.com/content/LUCLRV4JLC5WYE4P}, volume = {6}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:236050 L3 - citeulike-article-id:236050 N2 - <SMALL>Design patterns aid in documenting and communicating proven design solutions to recurring problems. They describe not only how to solve design problems, but also why a solution is chosen over others and what trade-offs are made. Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are pervasive in descriptions of design patterns. They play a crucial role in understanding the problem being addressed, the trade-offs discussed, and the design solution proposed. However, since design patterns are mostly expressed as informal text, the structure of the design reasoning is not systematically organised. This paper proposes a systematic treatment of NFRs in descriptions of patterns and when applying patterns during design. The approach organises, analyses and refines non-functional requirements, and provides guidance and reasoning support when applying patterns during the design of a software system. Three design patterns taken from the literature are used to illustrate this approach.</SMALL> IS - 1 JF - Requirements Engineering EP - 36 TI - From Non-Functional Requirements to Design through Patterns VL - 6 SP - 18 KW - design-pattern KW - nfr KW - requirements-engineering AU - Gross, Daniel AU - Yu, Eric PY - 2001/02// UR - http://www.metapress.com/content/LUCLRV4JLC5WYE4P ER -