Comparison Specifications for Repeatable Comparison of Architecting Processes
Rodion M. Podorozhny, L. J. Osterwweil, David E. Perry · 2001
We describe experimentation aimed at making the comparison of processes and process specification formalisms more of an exact science. Our aim is to lay the foundations for this more exact science by establishing fixed methods and conceptual frameworks that are able to assure that comparisons will yield predictable, reproducible results. The focus is on the comparison of architecture description languages (ADLs) by comparing architecting processes. Earlier work on comparing ADLs ([6], [2]) did not use a systematic comparison process. Nor did they take into account the context in which ADLs are used. This work-in-progress paper concentrates on the comparison process and the design of the experiments. In the first experiment two architecting processes are modeled and executed with the same ADL. The other related experiment uses two ADLs for the same process. Then we intend to compare the product artifacts and particular paths traversed.