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Dear list members, Some of you may find this State-of-the-Art report of interest. Comments and suggestions are highly appreciated. Feel free to contact us. Best wishes Nicolas Blaimer, Andreas Bortfeldt, Giselher Pankratz University of Hagen, Germany Patterns in Object-Oriented Analysis ************************************ Authors: Nicolas Blaimer, Andreas Bortfeldt, Giselher Pankratz Corresponding author: Andreas Bortfeldt, [email protected] Downloadable from: ftp://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/pub/fachb/wiwi/winf/forschng/publi/Diskussionsbeitrag_451.pdf Please cite as: Blaimer, N.; Bortfeldt, A. and Pankratz, G.: Patterns in Object-Oriented Analysis, Working Paper No. 451, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, University of Hagen (Germany), 2010. Abstract: Analysis patterns have recently shown their great potential to enhance the set-up of models in object-oriented analysis. This report attempts to summarize the present state of literature on the subject of analysis patterns. It is organised in two main parts. In the first part, we present a comprehensive overview of the existing literature considering about one hundred contributions. In the second part, we address some fundamental methodological issues related to both the creation and the application of analysis patterns. We study pattern documentation and organisation - e.g. in pattern catalogues - as important factors which the successful re-use of analysis patterns depends on. Furthermore, we consider and generalize numerous existing approaches to the application of analysis patterns. We show that all these approaches can be subsumed under two methods. Within the first method, patterns are integrated in the analysis model from the very first, whereas in the second method patterns are integrated only after a complete model has been established. Since the first method is of particular interest, it is illustrated by means of a substantial and nontrivial example. We also give special attention to the issue of traceability of patterns incorporated in a model, and we describe a promising approach from recent literature in detail. -- Dr. Giselher Pankratz Lehrstuhl Wirtschaftsinformatik Prof. Dr. Hermann Gehring FernUniversität - University of Hagen Profilstraße 8 58084 Hagen Germany Phone: +49 (0)2331 987-4432 Fax: +49 (0)2331 987-4447 or -4437 Email: [email protected] Skype: giselherpankratz Web: http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/WINF/ _______________________________________________ siemens-patterns mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/siemens-patterns
