• DOI:10.1109/ADC.2003.1231449
• Corpus ID: 238993

PARFAIT: towards a framework-based agile reengineering process

@article{Cagnin2003PARFAITTA,
  title={PARFAIT: towards a framework-based agile reengineering process},
  author={Maria Istela Cagnin and Jos{\'e} Carlos Maldonado and Fern{\~a}o Stella R. Germano and Ros{\^a}ngela Dellosso Penteado},
  journal={Proceedings of the Agile Development Conference, 2003. ADC 2003},
  year={2003},
  pages={22-31}
}

• Maria Istela Cagnin, J. Maldonado, +1 author R. Penteado
• Published 25 June 2003
• Computer Science, Engineering, Business
• Proceedings of the Agile Development Conference, 2003. ADC 2003

We present a sketch of a framework-based agile reengineering process, named PARFAIT, whose objective is to provide the users with evolved versions of legacy systems, as soon as possible. The overall static structure of the rational unified process (RUP), originally developed for forward systems engineering, has been here adapted for reengineering and is used for PARFAIT documentation. Frameworks are used in the process aiming at an agile approach to support the reengineering. Frameworks allow applications to be rapidly created, more than if they are built from scratch. Agile characteristics, such as incremental approach, cooperative approach with users and customers, straightforwardness, etc. give PARFAIT the ability to support the rapid evolution of the legacy system to a new version, according to the users and customers needs. A summary of a case study and the results obtained in the reengineering are presented. This study refers to a concrete reengineering case of a real system for controlling entry and exit of electronic appliances in a repair shop.