Facilitating Effective Stakeholder Communication in Software Development Processes

Abstract

Abstract. Effective communication in software development is impaired when parties perceive communicated information differently. To address this problem, the project QuASE has been established. It aims at a solution that supports understandability and reusability of communicated information as well as the quality of decisions based on such information. In this paper, we focus on the architectural aspects of the QuASE system and on its knowledge base which consists of two ontologies: a site ontology defining the site-specific communication environment, and a "quality ontology" that incorporates all knowledge necessary for supporting communication. We describe the overall architecture of the system, introduce the ontologies as well as their interplay, and outline the approach for gathering knowledge necessary to form the QuASE site ontology.

Creating a Domain Specific Modelling Method for Ambient Assistance

“…The principles of that approach are not restricted to the AAL domain but can be applied to other domains as well: this has been proven by using it for the development of a DSML for a completely different domain, namely for site and quality modelling, and knowledge representation in the context of Issue Management Systems [38].…”