The Life Cycle Framework has clear and obvious links to the Life Cycle Pattern, as one would expect. The Framework also shows, however, how baselines may be defined for the Model based on the Life Cycle. The use of the Epoch Pattern here to establish baselines is a simple, yet powerful, addition to the Framework. Note that not all of the Epoch Pattern Viewpoints are used, as there is no measurement taking place in this example. Of course, it is perfectly possible to include the missing Viewpoints from the Epoch Pattern depending on the underlying need.

Chapter Contents:

• 18.1 Introduction
• 18.2 Purpose
• 18.3 The Life Cycle Modelling Framework
• 18.3.1 Ontology
• 18.3.2 Framework
• 18.3.3 Patterns
• 18.4 Discussion
• Reference

Inspec keywords: object-oriented methods; object-oriented programming; software product lines

Other keywords: life cycle pattern; epoch pattern viewpoint; life cycle modelling

Subjects: Software engineering techniques; Object-oriented programming