Specification-Driven Development: A Systematic Mapping Study and a Genealogy

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Specification-driven development is historically and conceptually linked to five earlier software engineering movements: automatic programming, formal specification, Cleanroom, literate programming, and model-driven architecture. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Gaël Lambert

doi:10.5281/zenodo.22731486

September 13, 2026Open Access

Specification-Driven Development: A Systematic Mapping Study and a Genealogy

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Map the existing literature on specification-driven development and delineate its historical genealogy across related software engineering movements.
Conducted a systematic mapping study examining 138 primary sources on specification-driven development.
Categorized the identified literature along seven distinct analytical facets.
Constructed a genealogy linking modern approaches to five antecedent movements: automatic programming, formal specification, Cleanroom, literate programming, and model-driven architecture.
Systematically classified 138 publications across seven analytical facets governing specification-driven software engineering.
Traced direct conceptual lineages linking current specification-driven approaches to five earlier movements: automatic programming, formal specification, Cleanroom, literate programming, and model-driven architecture.

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Systematic mapping study categorizes 138 literature sources across seven facets and traces five historical paradigms, highlighting the conceptual evolution of specification-driven development.

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