{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1836811814","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1163514.1178642","title":"Design decision rationale","display_name":"Design decision rationale","publication_year":2006,"publication_date":"2006-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1836811814","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1163514.1178642","mag":"1836811814"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1163514.1178642","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1163514.1178642","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S186921487","display_name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","issn_l":"0163-5948","issn":["0163-5948","1943-5843"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075793467","display_name":"Davide Falessi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6340-0058"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I116067653","display_name":"University of Rome Tor Vergata","ror":"https://ror.org/02p77k626","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I116067653"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Davide Falessi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Univ. of Roma \"Tor Vergata\", DISP, Rome - Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. of Roma \"Tor Vergata\", DISP, Rome - Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I116067653"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5103088351","display_name":"Martin Becker","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3195-0503"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210098380","display_name":"Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering","ror":"https://ror.org/00r1wdc11","country_code":"DE","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210098380","https://openalex.org/I4923324"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I88155538","display_name":"Universidad de Navarra","ror":"https://ror.org/02rxc7m23","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I88155538"]}],"countries":["DE","ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Martin Becker","raw_affiliation_strings":["Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern - Germany","Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern - Germany#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern - Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210098380"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern - Germany#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I88155538"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5032014577","display_name":"Giovanni Cantone","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I116067653","display_name":"University of Rome Tor Vergata","ror":"https://ror.org/02p77k626","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I116067653"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Giovanni Cantone","raw_affiliation_strings":["Univ. of Roma \"Tor Vergata\", DISP, Rome - Italy"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. of Roma \"Tor Vergata\", DISP, Rome - Italy","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I116067653"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":11.2255,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":30,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97784115,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"31","issue":"5","first_page":"2","last_page":"2"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10430","display_name":"Software Engineering Techniques and Practices","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10260","display_name":"Software Engineering Research","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9995999932289124,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/documentation","display_name":"Documentation","score":0.7510398626327515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reusability","display_name":"Reusability","score":0.5248520374298096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5050109028816223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/management-science","display_name":"Management science","score":0.4505692720413208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.4384033679962158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/risk-analysis","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","score":0.40124598145484924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-management","display_name":"Process management","score":0.40086206793785095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.3968408405780792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.39529627561569214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.3373048007488251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.12508374452590942}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56666940","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q788790","display_name":"Documentation","level":2,"score":0.7510398626327515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137981799","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369184","display_name":"Reusability","level":3,"score":0.5248520374298096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5050109028816223},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.4505692720413208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.4384033679962158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112930515","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4389547","display_name":"Risk analysis (engineering)","level":1,"score":0.40124598145484924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.40086206793785095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.3968408405780792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.39529627561569214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.3373048007488251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.12508374452590942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1163514.1178642","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1163514.1178642","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S186921487","display_name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","issn_l":"0163-5948","issn":["0163-5948","1943-5843"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.7699999809265137,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321114","display_name":"Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung","ror":"https://ror.org/04pz7b180"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":27,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W16155167","https://openalex.org/W1531088406","https://openalex.org/W1554573531","https://openalex.org/W1562934601","https://openalex.org/W1589875847","https://openalex.org/W1668768604","https://openalex.org/W1970799501","https://openalex.org/W1974316556","https://openalex.org/W1978591382","https://openalex.org/W2009578745","https://openalex.org/W2056134008","https://openalex.org/W2060903226","https://openalex.org/W2115053229","https://openalex.org/W2117324915","https://openalex.org/W2120346478","https://openalex.org/W2141884663","https://openalex.org/W2150531367","https://openalex.org/W2155854577","https://openalex.org/W2166365253","https://openalex.org/W2178887942","https://openalex.org/W2496223582","https://openalex.org/W4212773026","https://openalex.org/W4229776444","https://openalex.org/W4232706490","https://openalex.org/W4256268854","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6633050438"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2060851787","https://openalex.org/W1529827139","https://openalex.org/W2035515293","https://openalex.org/W2371246021","https://openalex.org/W1866872854","https://openalex.org/W2082488875","https://openalex.org/W2250595406","https://openalex.org/W2370897845","https://openalex.org/W2598117944","https://openalex.org/W2001686447"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Design":[0,44],"decisions":[1],"crucially":[2],"influence":[3],"the":[4,11,19,25,40,115,119],"success":[5],"of":[6,43,73,137],"every":[7],"software":[8,66,151],"project.":[9],"While":[10],"resulting":[12],"design":[13],"is":[14,21,48],"typically":[15],"documented":[16],"quite":[17],"well,":[18],"situation":[20],"usually":[22],"different":[23],"for":[24,109,144],"underlying":[26],"rationale":[27],"and":[28,83,93,122,135,140],"decision-making":[29],"process.":[30],"Despite":[31],"being":[32],"recognized":[33],"as":[34],"a":[35,80,90],"helpful":[36],"approach":[37,143],"in":[38,89,129],"general,":[39],"explicit":[41],"documentation":[42,59],"Decision":[45],"Rationale":[46],"(DDR)":[47],"not":[49],"yet":[50],"largely":[51],"utilized":[52],"due":[53],"to":[54,86,106],"some":[55],"inhibitors":[56,136],"(e.g.,":[57],"additional":[58],"effort).":[60],"Experience":[61],"with":[62,131],"other":[63],"qualities,":[64],"e.g.":[65],"reusability,":[67],"evidently":[68],"shows":[69],"that":[70,102,148],"an":[71,142],"improvement":[72],"these":[74],"qualities":[75],"only":[76],"pays":[77],"off":[78],"on":[79],"large":[81],"scale":[82],"therefore":[84],"has":[85,105],"be":[87,107],"pursued":[88],"strategic,":[91],"pre-planned,":[92],"carefully":[94],"focused":[95],"way.":[96],"In":[97],"this":[98,103,113],"paper":[99,116],"we":[100],"argue":[101],"also":[104],"considered":[108],"documenting":[110],"DDR.":[111],"To":[112],"end":[114],"presents:":[117],"(i)":[118],"Decision,":[120],"Goal,":[121],"Alternatives":[123],"(DGA)":[124],"DDR":[125,146],"framework,":[126],"(ii)":[127],"experience":[128],"dealing":[130],"DGA,":[132],"(iii)":[133],"motivators":[134],"using":[138],"DDR,":[139],"(iv)":[141],"systematic":[145],"use":[147],"follows":[149],"value-based":[150],"engineering":[152],"principles.":[153]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}