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                    Note: Italicized locators indicate charts or   agile methodology (continued)
                        illustrations.                          modularity of, 79
                                                                versus plan-driven development, 75–79
                    A                                           qualitative approach for, 75
                    AAII, 113, 114, 119                         quantitative comparative approach for,
                    Abd-Allah, A., 189                              74–75
                    abductive reasoning, 40                     size, normalization of for testing, 80–84
                    adaptability, 108                           specifications, measuring size of, 75,
                    Adelfe, 119, 121, 125, 127, 129–131             76–77
                    Agent Factory, 122                          system analysts, role of, 87–90
                    Agent UML (AUML), 113, 114, 119, 121        testing, measure of, 84–87
                    Agent-Object-Relationship (AOR), 119   analysis patterns for domain modeling, 144
                    agent-oriented (AO) methodologies      analysts
                        actor diagrams for, 99                  agile software development, role in, 87–90
                        architectural design for, 99–100, 107–109  communication skills, research on, 27
                        comparison of, 123, 126–129             elicitation techniques employed by, 24–25, 26
                        detailed design phase, 100–101, 109–113  experience in elicitation techniques, degree
                        development of, 97–98                       of, 24–25, 26, 31
                        genealogy of, 119, 120                  requirements appreciation model for, 27–29
                        mediation patterns in, 101              and users, communications between, 21–22,
                        model-related criteria of, 130              25, 26
                        open process framework in, 124, 131–132  Andersen, N.E., 58
                        pair patterns in, 101              AO. See agent-oriented (AO) methodologies
                        requirements analysis, 98–99, 102–107  AOR/RAP, 121
                        social patterns in, 101            application architecture, 212–213
                        steps and usability of, 125        architectural design
                        supportive-related criteria of, 131     in agent-oriented systems, 107–109
                        synopsis of various, 119–123            application architecture, 212–213
                    agile methodology                           derivation of, 169–172 (See also RARE
                        characteristics of, 72                      DRA derivation process)
                        complexity of specifications, measuring, 75,   domain architecture, 169, 171
                            77–79                               dynamic approach for evaluation, 171, 178,
                        design-related aspects, 73                  208, 216–217
                        iterative function of, 48               evaluation, approaches for, 189–190
                        literature on, 73                       for OO-Methodology, 190-191, 212–213
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