Ontologies Reasoning Components Agents Simulations The Eclipse Process Framework Breno Machado

The Eclipse Process Framework  EPF is an Open Source project within the Eclipse Foundation  Goals:  An extensible framework and tooling for authoring, configuring and publishing processes  Exemplary Process – first delivered is OpenUP  EPF is NOT:  Only applicable for Eclipse Java development.  Intended to create the “perfect process”  EPF is based in SPEM 2.0 (Software Process Engineering Metamodel)

The Eclipse Process Framework  EPF is for two audiences:  Process Authors and Coaches (Process Management Team)  Tooling for creating and publishing processes  Foundational process for starting point  Libraries of additional content that can be plugged-in  Process Consumers (Project Team)  Published website of process content for simple browsing  Guidance in the form of checklists, concepts, guidelines  Browse the content adapted to your experience level

Basic Concepts - EPF  Method Library  All Method Elements are stored in a Method Library  Method Plug-in  Physical container for Method Packages and Process Packages  Method Configuration  A logical subset of a Method Library  Delivery Process  A complete and integrated approach for performing a specific type of project

Basic Concepts - EPF  Libraries contain  Method plug-ins  Configurations  The OpenUP library has:  Three method plug-ins  base_concepts  dsdm_openup  openup  Two delivery processes  Openup_DSDM  openup_lifecycle  Two configurations  OpenUP  OpenUPDSDM

Basic Concepts - EPF  Method Content (Who, What, Why, How)  Highly re-useable information  Definition of Roles, Tasks, Work Products and associated relationships  Includes Guidance and Categories  No timing information  Process (When)  End-End sequence of Phases, Iterations, Activities and Milestones that define the development lifecycle.  Defines When tasks are performed via Activity Diagrams and/or Work Breakdown Structures

Method Content - EPF  Role  Set of related skills, competencies and responsabilities  Are NOT individuals  Individuals may play multiple roles  Perform Tasks  Are responsible for Work Products  Work Product  Tangible things used, modified or produced by a Task  Roles use and produce Work Product performing tasks  Are responsability of a Role  3 types  Artifact  Deliverable  Outcome  Task  Define a assignable unit of work  Perfomed by Roles  Describe a work step-by-step to achieve a goal.  Modify or produce Work Products  Don’t define WHEN they are performed in the lifecicle.

Method Content - EPF  Guidance  May be associate with Roles, Tasks and Work Products  Different types depending upon purpose  Detailed methodology and supporting information  Tasks say “what”  Guidance say “how-to”  Types:  Checklist  Concept  Example  Guideline  Estimate  Considerations  Practice  Report  Reusable Asset  Roadmap  Supporting Material  Template  Term Definition  Tool Mentor  Whitepaper  Categories  Group related method elements  Five Standard Categories  Discipline  Domain  Work Product Kind  Role Set  Tool  May be nested  Can define custom categories  Used to build views in published website

Process Content - EPF  Capability Patterns  Sequence of related tasks, performed to achieve a greater purpose  Tasks can be specialized for the given context Task Descriptor (instance of Task) Role Descriptor (instance of Role) Work Product Descriptor (instance of Work Product)

Process Content - EPF  Capability Patterns  Capability Patterns may be nested and viewed graphically  An Activity is an instance of a Capability Pattern Activity (Instance of Capability Patterns)

Process Content - EPF  Delivery Process  Defined using Work Breakdown Structure and/or Activity Diagrams  Define end-end full lifecycle process  May include Iterations, Phases, Milestones (type of Activity)

EPF Composer – Authoring Perspective Library View Configuration View Task Editor (form based) Authoring Perspective

EPF Composer – Authoring Perspective Form based plain text or… …Rich Text editors

EPF Composer Publishing

Processes Available as Reusable EPF Specification  EPF available s examples of process to use  OpenUP  SCRUM  XP 

Interesting Aspects of OpenUP Specified in EPF  “An Agile Inspired process with its roots in the UP”  An iterative software development process that is minimal, complete, and extensible  Minimal - Contains vital roles, tasks and guidance  Complete - Complete for small co-located teams  Extensible - Serves as a foundation that can be extended and tailored

OpenUP – Core Principles  OpenUP is based on a set of mutually supporting core principles:  Collaborate to align interests and share understanding  Evolve to continuously obtain feedback and improve  Balance competing priorities to maximize stakeholder value  Focus on articulating the architecture  OpenUP incorporates a number of agile practices…  Test-First Design  Continuous Integration  Agile Estimation  Daily Standup, Iteration Assessment, Iteration Retrospective  Self-organizing teams  …within the context of an iterative, incremental lifecycle (UP).

OpenUP – Project Lifecycle  OpenUP uses an iterative, incremental lifecycle.  Proper application of this lifecycle directly addresses the first core principle (Evolve).  The lifecycle is divided into 4 phases, each with a particular purpose and milestone criteria to exit the phase:  Inception: To understand the problem.  Elaboration: To validate the solution architecture.  Construction: To build and verify the solution in increments.  Transition: To transition the solution to the operational environment and validate the solution.

OpenUP - Disciplines  A discipline is a collection of tasks that are related to a major "area of concern" within the overall project.  Within the lifecycle, tasks are performed concurrently across several disciplines.  Separating tasks into distinct disciplines is simply an effective way to organize content that makes comprehension easier.  OpenUP defines the following Disciplines:

OpenUP - Roles  Roles define a set of related skills, competencies and responsibilities.  OpenUP defines the following Roles:

Interesting Aspects of XP Specified in EPF  eXtreme Programming is a development process that can be used by medium and small sized times in the face of vague or rapidly changing requirements.  Customer create “stories” that is a very lightweight use-cases  Development is done iteratively and incrementally  Every two weeks delivers working stories to the customer  Programmers work on their programming tasks in pairs

XP Values  Communication  XP emphasizes face-to-face communication  Simplicity  XP presumes that it is better to do the simple thing today  Feedback  Continuous feedback allows the customer to steer the project to success  Courage  Perhaps a better name for this value is trust

XP Practices

XP Roles

XP Work Products

Interesting Aspects of SCRUM Specified in EPF  Is a mechanism in the sport of rugby for getting an out-of-play ball back into play  Scrum focuses on the social and collective aspect of development  Scrum Goal is to improve quality and productivity, with an empirical approach, relying on autonomous teaming  Empirism  An empirical process requires a good visibility  2 regulation cycles  During Daily Scrums  During Sprint Reviews  Scope  not describe all the software development activities - analysis, design, coding, testing

SCRUM Lifecycle

SCRUM Roles

SCRUM Artifacts

SCRUM – Colaboration Points