Aligning Requirements-Driven Software Processes

with IT Governance
Vu H. A. Nguyen, Manuel Kolp, Yves Wautelet and Samedi Heng
LouRIM-CEMIS, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
vu.nguyenhuynh@uclouvain.be, manuel.kolp@uclouvain.be
yves.wautelet@kuleuven.be, samedi.heng@uclouvain.be

Requirements-Driven Development & GI-Tropos IT Organizational

Infrastructure structures

PHASES IT services Organization

quality strategies
IT Service IT
Setting Blueprinting Building Setuping Operation
Operator Management Governance
Continuous Implements IT
Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational Organizational Board Board
operate management
modeling modeling modeling modeling modeling modeling modeling modeling
IT services structure
Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements
Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Engineering Business
IT
development processes
Architectural Architectural Architectural Architectural Architectural Architectural Architectural Architectural
Design Design Design Design Design Design Design Design & operations modelling

Detailed Design Detailed Design Detailed Design Detailed Design Detailed Design Detailed Design Detailed Design Detailed Design
Legend:
Implementation Implementation Implementation Implementation Implementation Implementation Implementation Implementation Actor Goal Quality Task Resource
Dependency link
Disciplines

Test Test Test Test Test Test Test Test

Figure 4: GI-Tropos Strategic Dependency model

Deployment Deployment Deployment Deployment Deployment Deployment Deployment Deployment

Software Project Software Project Software Project Software Project Software Project Software Project Software Project Software Project
Management Management Management Management Management Management Management Management
Implements IT
IT management
Software Software Software Software Software Software Software Software
Processes Processes Processes Processes Processes Processes Processes Processes Infrastructure structure
Governance Governance Governance Governance Governance Governance Governance Governance

Change & Risk Change & Risk Change & Risk Change & Risk Change & Risk Change & Risk Change & Risk Change & Risk IT services Organizational
Management Management Management Management Management Management Management Management quality IT Service structures IT
Operator Management Governance
Quality Quality Quality Quality Quality Quality Quality Quality Board Board
Management Management Management Management Management Management Management Management IT
Organization
development
strategies
& operations
Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge
Management Management Management Management Management Management Management Management Plan Evaluate
Continuous Business
operate processes
Specify Produce IT services modelling
Release Go-live
Requirements Architecture Framework
Deploy Assess Direct
Monitor
Policies
Figure 1: GI-Tropos iterative process framework
Legend:

Deliver Performance
prior-to

Meta-model Figure 5: GI-Tropos Strategic Rationale model

Alignment

Stakeholder IT Governance Board IT Service

Management
Evaluating Board
Consider

[More stakeholder Conditions

needs] and Option
Stakeholder
Needs [Stakeholder OK]

Directing
Set
IT Plans and
Policies
Directions
for IT
Establish
investments IT behavior

Figure 2: GI-Tropos Meta-model Monitoring Measure

Compliance
Ensure
IT Benefit
Governance Delivery IT
Board
performance
Monitor Direct
Setting & Stakeholders
Maintanence Transparency Legend:

Evaluate Task
IT Service
IT service Decision Document
Management
management
Board
structure
Figure 6: IT Governance Workflow
Assess
Plan

Deploy
Deliver
Risk Resource
GI-Tropos: a process framework allowing to align requirements-
driven software processes with IT governance to cope with stake-
Operator
holders’ requirements and expectations.
Actor
Service Dependency Quality Transform- Preliminary results:
Service Threat
Expectation ation Link
• a framework including a meta-level specification to emphasize integration and alignment of
requirements-driven software processes with IT governance rules and constraints;
Figure 3: GI-Tropos Strategic Service model • a sequence of phases for a collaborative software development environment to deliver an efficient
governance for software development that meets stakeholders’ needs and expectations.