Reports from MASDA- Rapporter från MASDA A Study of Patterns in an ATC System

The differences between an experienced software developer and a novice are knowledge and experience. There has always been a need for an effective way of passing along the knowledge and experiences of senior software developers to novices. A remedy to this problem lies in the use of patterns. Patterns help software developers build systems on the collective experience of expert software developers. Patterns encapsulate well-proven design solutions in software development in a reusable way and help to promote good design practice. Patterns distill and provide a means to reuse the design knowledge gained by experienced software developers. The importance and extent of software in defense systems constantly increases. FMV, the Swedish Defense Material Administration, has an interest in decreasing the costs of software system development and saving time and money. An attempt to achieve this is to introduce the use of patterns in the associated software development organizations. As an initia