An Agent-Based Design Software: A CSCW Model for Software Design Tool

Abstract

Abstract- A technique called as Computer Supported Cooperative Work or CSCW is a technique to support communications among people. This research presents the architecture of an agent-based software that is applied as the analysis and design tool during the analysis and design processes. This tool allows communications among development team members, and automatically records all conversations related to the designed diagrams. The communication modules perform both synchronize and asynchronize mechanisms to gain the efficiency and security while the communication occurs. The concept of implementing separated databases for different class of users has been proposed as a method for data security control. Various modules such as Discussion Module (DM) have been implemented to enhance the quality assurance for software development processes under the CSCW environment. The result of this proposed architecture is recorded details that can be used as a quality control document and a maintenance document. Keywords: Agent-based architecture, communication channel, computer supported cooperative work, understandability.