Introduction
In order to determine whether a software/system architecture
is satisfactory, one needs considerably more than a specification of components,
connectors, configurations and constraints. Considering the architecture
as an island, entirely of itself, puts one at a serious disadvantage in
evaluating its adequacy. The MBASE Research Group has been
developing, applying and refining an approach called MBASE (Model-Based
Architecting and Software Engineering) (Boehm-Port, 1998) to address this
issue. MBASE focuses on ensuring that a project’s product models (architecture,
requirements, code, etc.), process models (tasks, activities, milestones),
property models (cost, schedule, performance, dependability), and success
models (stakeholder win-win, IKIWISI - I’ll Know It When I See It, business
case) are consistent and mutually enforcing.
Research Group
Faculty & Staff:
Students:
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Ebru Dincel
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Mohammed Al-Said
Research Sponsors
In addition to the on-going support provided by the USC-CSE
Affiliates, the Center's MBASE work has been supported by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), and Rational
Software Corporation.
Presentations
Papers
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Boehm, B., Port, D., Al-Said, M.,"Avoiding the Software Model-Clash
SpiderWeb," IEEE Computer , Nov. 2000 (PDF)
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Boehm, B. and Port, D., "When Models Collide: Lessons From Software System
Analysis," January 1999. (PDF)
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Boehm, B., Port, D., Abi-Antoun, M., and Egyed, A., "Guidelines for the
Life Cycle Objectives (LCO) and the Life Cycle Architecture (LCA) deliverables
for Model-Based Architecting and Software Engineering (MBASE)," USC Technical
Report USC-CSE-98-519, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
CA, 90089, February 1999. (PDF)
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Boehm, B. and Port D., "Escaping the Software Tar Pit: Model Clashes and
How to Avoid Them," Software Engineering Notes, Association for
Computing Machinery, pp. 36-48, January 1999. (PS,
PDF)
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Boehm, B., Egyed, A., Kwan, J., Port, D., Shah, A., and Madachy, R., "Using
the WinWin Spiral Model: A Case Study," July 1999. (PDF)
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Boehm, B., Port, D., Egyed, A., and Abi-Antoun, M., "The MBASE Life Cycle
Architecture Milestone Package: No Architecture Is An Island," 1st Working
International Conference on Software Architecture, 1999. (PS,
PDF)
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Boehm, B., Abi-Antoun, M., Port, D., Kwan, J., and Lynch, A., "Requirements
Engineering, Expectations Management, and The Two Cultures", Proceedings,
International
Conference on Requirements Engineering, June 1999. (PS,
PDF)
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Boehm, B., "Anchoring the Software Process", November 1995 (PS,
PDF)
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