A Taxonomy for Tools, Processes and Languages in Automotive Software Engineering
This work addresses the need for a domain-specific taxonomy in automotive software engineering, though it is incremental as it builds on existing taxonomies.
The authors tackled the problem of selecting appropriate software engineering methods in the automotive sector by proposing a graphical taxonomy based on established approaches, which classifies common methods to aid decision-making for project requirements.
Within the growing domain of software engineering in the automotive sector, the number of used tools, processes, methods and languages has increased distinctly in the past years. To be able to choose proper methods for particular development use cases, factors like the intended use, key-features and possible limitations have to be evaluated. This requires a taxonomy that aids the decision making. An analysis of the main existing taxonomies revealed two major deficiencies: the lack of the automotive focus and the limitation to particular engineering method types. To face this, a graphical taxonomy is proposed based on two well-established engineering approaches and enriched with additional classification information. It provides a self-evident and -explanatory overview and comparison technique for engineering methods in the automotive domain. The taxonomy is applied to common automotive engineering methods. The resulting diagram classifies each method and enables the reader to select appropriate solutions for given project requirements.