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Towards an Agent-driven Software Architecture Aligned with User Stories
Wautelet, Yves; Heng, Samedi; Kolp, Manuel et al.
2016In 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence
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Keywords :
Agent Architecture; Agile Development; User Story; Agile Architecture; Multi-Agent System
Abstract :
[en] Agile principles have taken an increasing importance in the last decades. Software Architecture (SA) definition is perceived as a non-agile practice as it is executed in a top-down manner, reminding waterfall development, and sometimes imposes heavy documentation. This paper proposes to systematically build an agent-oriented SA from a set of User Stories (US), the core artifact to document requirements in agile methodologies. Previous research has allowed to define a unified US meta-model for the generation of templates relating WHO, WHAT and WHY elements. This meta-model’s elements define a syntax issued from practitioners templates associated with semantics from Goal Oriented Requirements Engineering frameworks, more precisely i*. With a set of US following the templates of this previous model, the link between the US and SA concepts is systematically studied and a transformation process is proposed. The SA can decline agent behaviors aligned with requirements and organizational behaviors. Moreover, requirements (thus US) are subject to evolution through agile iterations; the SA can evolve with these changes in a semi-automatic manner. We thus argue that the Agent-SA produced with our transformation process contributes to the overall project agility.
Research center :
LouRIM
Disciplines :
Management information systems
Computer science
Author, co-author :
Wautelet, Yves
Heng, Samedi ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège : UER > Digital Business
Kolp, Manuel
Scharff, Christelle
Language :
English
Title :
Towards an Agent-driven Software Architecture Aligned with User Stories
Publication date :
February 2016
Event name :
8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence
Event place :
Rome, Italy
Event date :
24-26 Février 2016
Audience :
International
Main work title :
8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence
Edition :
SciTePress
Pages :
337-345
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain [BE]
Commentary :
337--345
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