Articulation Work

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2001
Reference	/Scacchi, 2001/ Process Models in Software Engineering
Definition/ Use	Articulation work is a kind of unanticipated task that is performed when a planned task chain is inadequate or breaks down. It is work that represents an open-ended non-deterministic sequence of actions taken to restore progress on the disarticulated task chain, or else to shift the flow of productive work onto some other task chain /Bendifallah, 1987/, /Grinter, 1996/, /Mi, 1990/, /Mi, 1996/, /Scacchi, 1997/. Thus, descriptive task chains are employed to characterize the observed course of events and situations that emerge when people try to follow a planned task sequence. Articulation work in the context of software evolution includes actions people take that entail either their accommodation to the contingent or anomalous behavior of a software system, or negotiation with others who may be able to affect a system modification or otherwise alter current circumstances /Bendifallah, 1987/, /Grinter, 1996/, /Mi, 1990/, /Mi, 1996/, /Scacchi, 1997/. This notion of articulation work has also been referred to as software process dynamism.

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