2010/11/09 by Rogério Atem de Carvalho, de Carvalho, Rogerio Atem, Rodrigo Soares Manhães +3
Business, Management and Accounting · Computer Science · #Business Process Modeling and Analysis #ERP Systems Implementation and Impact #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques #Software Engineering (cs.SE)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1011.2238
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A classical problem in Software Engineering is how to certify that every system requirement is correctly implemented by source code. This problem, albeit well studied, can still be considered an open one, given the problems faced by software development organizations. Trying to solve this problem, Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is a specification technique that automatically certifies that all functional requirements are treated properly by source code, through the connection of the textual description of these requirements to automated tests. However, in some areas, such as Enterprise Information Systems, requirements are identified by Business Process Modeling - which uses graphical notations of the underlying business processes. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present Business Language Driven Development (BLDD), a method that aims to extend BDD, by connecting business process models directly to source code, while keeping the expressiveness of text descriptions when they are better fitted than graphical artifacts.