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The benefits of cloud computing approaches are well known but designing logical architectures for that context can be complicated. Prior to designing a logical architecture, a proper requirements elicitation must be executed. When requirements are not properly elicited, and there are insufficient inputs for a product approach to requirements elicitation, a process-level perspective is an alternative way for achieving the intended base requirements for the logical design. Our proposed solution regards the adaptation and extension of the 4SRS (Four-Step-Rule-Set) method to derive logical architectural models, in a process-level perspective. This perspective creates context for the product-level requirements elicitation conducing to cloud design. We present a real industrial case where the method was applied and assessed. The method application results in the creation of a validated architectural model and in the uncovering of hidden requirements for the intended cloud design.
This work has been supported by project ISOFIN (QREN 2010/013837).
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Ferreira, N., Santos, N., Machado, R.J., Gašević, D. (2012). Derivation of Process-Oriented Logical Architectures: An Elicitation Approach for Cloud Design. In: Dieste, O., Jedlitschka, A., Juristo, N. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7343. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31063-8_5
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