Title: Establishing a development process for composite applications in the work-based learning and competency management domain

Authors: Hilary Dexter, Jim Petch, Dan Powley

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Abstract: There are management issues surrounding the development process required for the creation of software components that are to be implemented in applications and offered as constituents of a component or service framework. We offer ways of ensuring capability in a development team to provide services that may be assembled into multiple composite applications. We identify the following interrelated factors as necessary to the move to successful service-based application development: model-driven development, process capability and maturity, system requirements traceability, facilitating collaboration between domain experts and the technical implementers and process-based support for the development team. The proposed development process provides a basis for development project management and for support for all the involved roles.

Keywords: composite applications; service development process; competencies; structured curriculum; workplace learning; learning technology; competency management; software components; project management; software development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLT.2008.019374

International Journal of Learning Technology, 2008 Vol.3 No.4, pp.348 - 367

Published online: 09 Jul 2008 *

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