Enterprise Networks: The Re-engineering of Complex Software Systems

Abstract

Today technology design can no longer be understood as a design process on a “green site”. Design and implementation of new technology are always dependent on existing technology and the way it is used by people. In this respect Software-Engineering has also changed to the characteristics of “normal” technology design taking into account existing computer systems. Experiences show that the conditions and needs of such Software-Reengineering projects are highly complex and differ in their special characteristics ranging from aspects of quality of existing system documentation to organizational structures of the computer departments concerned. The Task-Artifact Cycle presented here gives a suitable engineering approach emphasizing both analysis and design in Software-Reengineering.