Proposta de um método de aplicação da teoria de projeto axiomático ao desenvolvimento de software PON-POR

Abstract

This research proposes a method to apply the Axiomatic Design Theory (ADT) in the Rule-oriented software development process. In this context, it was not found in the literature, by the efforts of this work research, the application of ADT in Rule-oriented software development. However, the ADT was focus on research in Object-Oriented software development in a previous work, which was used as inspiration in this current research work. This current research proposes the method Axiomatic Design for Notification-Oriented Paradigm and Rule-Oriented Paradigm (AD-NOP-ROP) since the rules follow the NOP structural model. This method proposes a functional decomposition of system requirements in four levels which are: Use Cases, Use Subcases that are Technical Feature Independent, Use Subcases that are Technical Feature Dependent, and Technical Service . Furthermore, the method AD-NOP-ROP applies the ADT Independence Axiom in each one of the decomposition levels by means of design matrixes and metrics which calculates reangularity and semangularity from ADT. The design matrixes still aids in the identification of Exclusive Premises, which are important elements of NOP-ROP systems with Rules whose Actions instigate the creation of conflicting facts. The Information Axiom from ADT is also applied in each decomposition level in order to evaluate design solutions in terms of its amount of information. Still, the method AD-NOP-ROP presents a set of metrics which are specific for evaluation of structural quality of Rule composition, thereby providing criteria for decision making with respect to design quality. Besides, the method AD-NOP-ROP can be used in a simultaneous way with the existent method used for software design based on NOP-ROP application development, so called Notification-Oriented and Rule-Oriented Application Development (NO-RO-AD), in order to assist in the achievement and validation of artifacts. The method AD-NOP-ROP was applied during the development of two software systems, the first one refers to an Electronic Gate and the second one refers to a Sales System. In both applications the method displayed efficiency in its purposes, assisting in the Rule creation process and also in the creation of NOP-ROP software with some quality assurance.