A Pattern-Oriented Methodology for Engineering High-Quality E-Commerce Applications
Pankaj Kamthan · Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations · 2009
This article proposes, develops, and explores a methodology for engineering electronic commerce applications (ECA) aiming for “high-quality.” In doing so, the development and maintenance of ECA is undertaken from the perspective of Web Engineering. The relevant quality attributes and corresponding stakeholder types for the ECA are identified, and the role of a flexible development process and the challenges in making optimal use of patterns are analyzed. The activities of a systematic selection and application of patterns to the macro- and micro-architecture design of business-to-consumer (B2C) ECA are given. The scope and limitations of the proposed methodology are discussed, and some possible directions for its evolution are outlined.