1. © TRESETarget Industry TRESE Group Department of Computer Science University of Twente P.O. Box 217 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands trese@cs.utwente.nl trese.cs.utwente.nl Target industry for the TRESE Group

2. © TRESETarget Industry Table of contents industrial cooperationeffectivenessthe problemstechnologyefficiency

3. © TRESETarget Industry The problems of our target industry Software systems are large, complex and generally distributed: embedded, parallel systems, networked systems, Internet-support, human interaction, dynamic topology, dynamic updates, etc. Software systems are long-lived: product families, specialized products. the problems

4. © TRESETarget Industry The problems of our target industry (cont’ed) Software systems are in continuous evolution: technology evolution, market evolution, networked clients, etc. Right balance between functional and quality requir’s: functionality; robustness adaptability; performance; etc. the problems

5. © TRESETarget Industry The problems of our target industry (cont’ed) Scalable and optimizing systems: dynamic evolution of size; dynamic context; Efficient, effective and flexible software production: time to market; flexible software production; Maintenance is an integral part of the process: Maintenance is to be considered right from the begin. the problems

6. © TRESETarget Industry Industrial cooperation Student graduation thesis: depends on the availability and quality of the students; Consulting: involved in small-large project consulting mainly on architecture audits and design; Industrial cooperation

7. © TRESETarget Industry Industrial cooperation Joint projects: long-term (3-4 years) projects. Professional courses: presented more than 80 professional courses. Industrial cooperation

8. © TRESETarget Industry What can we offer? TRESE

9. © TRESETarget Industry Effectiveness effectiveness Effectiveness: getting closer to the business objectives Business manager: client satisfaction Technical manager: future product architecturing Software engineer: analysis & design techniques

10. © TRESETarget Industry TRESE: effectiveness through the synthesis approach effectiveness Technical Problem definition Solution techniques Solution Concerns in the problem domain Concerns in the solution domain Concerns in the solution Business Problems Concerns in the business domain problem identification search for a solution specialize verify

11. © TRESETarget Industry TRESE: effectiveness through the industry-as-laboratory approach effectiveness Industry: TRESE practical applications & pilot projects evaluation research topics research direct feedback problems

12. © TRESETarget Industry Technology Business manager: features versus time Technical manager: satisfying quality demands Software engineer: technical solutions technology

13. © TRESETarget Industry TRESE: quality-oriented software eng. Quality control Life-cycle Analysis Design ImplementationUpdates Software development requirementssoftware Architectures Patterns Frameworks Heuristics Languages Components technology

14. © TRESETarget Industry Efficiency efficiency Efficiency: more work per unit of money Business manager: low-risk investment Technical manager: on time product development Software engineer: technology transfer

15. © TRESETarget Industry TRESE: concurrent research efficiency Research activities are defined in parallel to product development; Research goals are initiated from the actual and expected demands of the future product releases; Planned gradual integration of research results; Explicit research exploitation plan; Technology transfer services are provided.

16. © TRESETarget Industry References to our research activities references Obstacles in software development: http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/obstacles/ http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/obstacles/ Software architecture synthesis: http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/architecture_synthesis/ http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/architecture_synthesis/ Industry-as-laboratory and concurrent research: http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/target_industry/what_can_trese_offer.htm http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/target_industry/what_can_trese_offer.htm Professional courses: http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/courses/professional_courses/ http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/courses/professional_courses/ Research on quality-oriented software engineering: http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/research/ http://trese.cs.utwente.nl/research/