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The authors describe in detail the capture and use of design rationale in software engineering to improve the quality of software. Their book is the first comprehensive and unified treatment of rationale usage in software engineering. It provides a consistent conceptual framework and a unified terminology for comparing, contrasting and combining the myriad approaches to rationale in software engineering. It is both an excellent introductory text and a uniquely valuable reference.

Rationale-Based Software Engineering

What is Rationale and Why Does It Matter?.- What Makes Software Different.- Rationale and Software Engineering.- Learning from Rationale Research in Other Domains.- Decision-Making in Software Engineering.- Uses for Rationale.- Presentation of Rationale.- Evaluation.- Support for Collaboration.- Change Analysis.- Rationale and Software Engineering.- Rationale and the Software Lifecycle.- Rationale and Requirements Engineering.- Rationale and Software Design.- Rationale and Software VV&T.- Rationale and Software Maintenance.- Rationale and Software Re-use.- Frameworks for Rationale-Based Software Engineering.- A Conceptual Framework.- An Architectural Framework.- Rationale-Based Software Engineering: Summary and Prospect.