Component-based workflow architecture of a distributed software process management system

Author

Yongyi, Xie ; Weishi, Zhang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Dalian Maritime Univ., China

fYear

2003

fDate

6-7 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

204

Lastpage

210

Abstract

This paper deals with the component-based workflow architecture of a distributed software process management system called BetterProcess which is constructed to help software companies improve the quality and efficiency of cooperative work in software process improvement. Five requirements are discussed as the motivations in this paper. This architecture presents the overall structure of the system BetterProcess, which consists of its architectural software components, the externally visible properties of those components, and the relationships of them. These components mainly include the Client Runtime Engine, the cooperative server engine, the information converter, the information access middleware, etc. This paper also presents the application of this architecture in a specific distributed software process management for an ongoing development of a Web-based shipping management information system.

Keywords

distributed processing; object-oriented programming; software architecture; software process improvement; team working; workflow management software; BetterProcess; component-based workflow architecture; distributed software process management system; Application software; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Engines; Middleware; Quality management; Runtime; Software development management; Software quality; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quality Software, 2003. Proceedings. Third International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2015-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/QSIC.2003.1319104

Filename

1319104