Abstract Design Rationale (DR), the reasons behind decisions made while designing, offers
a richer view of both the product and the decision-making process by providing the …

For a number of years, members of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Design community have
studied Design Rationale (DR), the reasons behind decisions made while designing. DR is …

Many decisions have to be made when developing a software system and a successful
outcome depends on how well thought out these decisions were. One way that the decisions …

We provide an introduction to what design rationale is and why it is important in software
engineering. We look at the recent history of argumentation methods. We survey a number …

One goal of design rationale systems is to support designers by providing a means to record
and communicate the argumentation and reasoning behind the design process. However …

The process of designing can be viewed as making a series of design decisions. These
decisions, the alternatives considered, the reasons for and against the decisions, and the …

Documentation of design rationale acts as the collective memory for a system. A special
case of design, and therefore of design rationale, is found by considering the set of design …

Rationale research in software development is a challenging area because although there
is no shortage of advocates for its value, there is also no shortage of reasons for why …

Software architecture can be seen as a decision making process; it involves making the right
decisions at the right time. Typically, these design decisions are not explicitly represented in …

Abstract Design Rationale (DR) consists of the decisions made during the design process
and the reasons behind them. Because it offers more than just a “snapshot” of the final …