A rational perspective on software modeling

This work introduces the concept of rational software modeling from a practical perspective. Valid arguments about the importance of modeling in modern software engineering and requirements engineering are presented. The different stakeholder's perspectives or views on modeling are analysed and a soft uniform approach is presented. The uniform approach or rational perspective to modeling is based on the main fundamental concepts of requirements engineering. This approach presents the basic ground for more elaborate work in the future. The universal approach is based on i) usability, ii) universality, iii) uniqueness and iv) uniformity. The concepts presented can be combined with any particular approach or method. The ideas could prove to be useful for quality assurance and best practice approaches in the real world.

1 Introduction

Modeling is the very act of creating representational artifacts of a system or its parts, for the specific purpose of explaining it to different stakeholders. It is possible to represent the software development process and the product itself using appropriate techniques. Modeling is useful for deriving the fundamental properties of software.