A UML-Based Process Meta-model Integrating a Rigorous Process Patterns Definition

Improving the efficiency of use of software engineering practices using product patterns

“…Patterns represent solutions to problems that arise during software project development. The most relevant among these are architecture reference patterns [14], architecture patterns [14,58], analysis patterns [24,38,55], design patterns [25], process patterns [3,4,27,29,56,69], improvement patterns [6], configuration management patterns [9], collaboration patterns [19,35], and organizational patterns [15,42,63].…”