IDEF6 or Integrated Definition for Design Rationale Capture is a method to facilitate the acquisition, representation, and manipulation of the design rationale used in the development of enterprise systems. This method, that wants to define the motives that drive the decision-making process, is still in development.[2] Rationale is the reason, justification, underlying motivation, or excuse that moved the designer to select a particular strategy or design feature. More simply, rationale is interpreted as the answer to the question, “Why is this design being done in this manner?” Most design methods focus on what the design is (i.e., on the final product, rather than why the design is the way it is).[1]
IDEF6 is part of the IDEF family of modeling languages in the field of systems and software engineering.
- ^ a b Richard J. Mayer (1995) et al. Information Integration for Concurrent Engineering (IICE) Compendium of methods report. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-7604.
- ^ Andrew P. Sage, William B. Rouse (2009). Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-470-08353-0, p. 427.