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Functional Paleontology: System Evolution as the User Sees It (2001)
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| Venue: | IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING |
| Citations: | 30 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Antón01functionalpaleontology:,
author = {Annie I. Antón and Colin Potts},
title = {Functional Paleontology: System Evolution as the User Sees It},
booktitle = {IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING},
year = {2001},
pages = {421--430},
publisher = {}
}
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Abstract
It has long been accepted that requirements analysis should precede architectural design and implementation, but in software evolution and reverse engineering this concern with black-box analysis of function has necessarily been de-emphasized in favor of code-based analysis and designer-oriented interpretation. In this paper, we redress this balance by describing "functional paleontology", an approach to analyzing the evolution of user-visible features or services independent of architecture and design intent. We classify the benefits and burdens of interpersonal communication services into core and peripheral categories and investigate the telephony services available to domestic subscribers over a fifty-year period. We report that services were introduced in discrete bursts, each of which emphasized different benefits and burdens. We discuss the general patterns of functional evolution that this "fossil record" illustrates and conclude by discussing their implications for forward engineering of software products.
Keyphrases
functional paleontology system evolution requirement analysis fifty-year period black-box analysis domestic subscriber code-based analysis different benefit functional evolution general pattern fossil record illustrates user-visible feature telephony service design intent designer-oriented interpretation interpersonal communication service discrete burst peripheral category software product software evolution architectural design
