Models and Tools for Managing Development Processes

by Westfechtel, Bernhard

• ISBN13: 9783540667568
• ISBN10: 3540667563
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book is devoted to models and tools for managing development processes in the fields of software engineering and mechanical and chemical engineering. The author evaluates the state of the art in the area and presents an integrated approach addressing the limitations of the presently available tools and systems. The models introduced for managing development processes cover products, activities, and resources in a systematic and coherent way; moreover, the models are designed to cope with the dynamics of the development processes. The tools and the management system developed by the author provide customized environments for different classes of users. The management environment supports managers in coordinating managerial activities; developers use the work environment in order to perform technical activities; finally, the modeling environment is used to adapt the management system to specific application domains.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction
Introduction	3	(50)
Development Processes	3	(2)
Management	5	(5)
Definition	5	(1)
Managerial and Technical Level	6	(2)
Products, Activities, and Resources	8	(2)
Tools for Managing Development Processes	10	(2)
Management System: Structure and Functionality	10	(2)
Scope of the Management System	12	(1)
Models for Managing Development Processes	12	(2)
Process Models	13	(1)
Models as Tool Specifications	13	(1)
Dynamics of Development Processes	14	(5)
Comparison to Other Business Domains	14	(1)
Dynamics at the Instance Level	15	(3)
Dynamics at the Definition Level	18	(1)
Approach and Contributions	19	(22)
Overall Approach	19	(2)
Context of Research	21	(2)
Models	23	(6)
Formal Specification	29	(7)
Tools	36	(5)
Related Work	41	(7)
Models	41	(2)
Formal Specification	43	(2)
Tools	45	(3)
Overview	48	(5)
Part II. Management of Development Processes: State of the Art
Process Management	53	(14)
Product Management	53	(4)
Documents and Configurations	54	(1)
Version Control	55	(2)
Workspace Management	57	(1)
Activity Management	57	(4)
Overview	57	(1)
Modeling of Activities	58	(2)
Functions of Activity Management	60	(1)
Tools for Activity Management	61	(1)
Resource Management	61	(3)
Human Resources	62	(1)
Computer Resources	63	(1)
Conclusion	64	(3)
Product Management	67	(32)
Functions of Product Management	67	(2)
Models for Product Management	69	(16)
Product Space	69	(2)
Version Space	71	(5)
Interplay of Product Space and Version Space	76	(3)
Construction of Versions	79	(4)
Workspaces	83	(2)
Tools for Product Management	85	(9)
Overview	85	(1)
System Descriptions	85	(9)
Conclusion	94	(5)
Activity Management	99	(36)
Universe of Discourse	100	(4)
Functions and Objectives of Process Management	100	(1)
Characterization of Development Processes	101	(3)
Models for Activity Management	104	(13)
Conceptual Framework	104	(5)
Process Meta Models	109	(3)
Product Development	112	(5)
Tools for Activity Management	117	(14)
Overview	117	(2)
System Descriptions	119	(12)
Conclusion	131	(4)
Resource Management	135	(10)
Management of Human Resources	135	(6)
Models for Human Resource Management	136	(2)
Tools for Human Resource Management	138	(3)
Management of Computer Resources	141	(2)
Conclusion	143	(2)
Tool Integration	145	(12)
Tool Integration: Classification and Overview	146	(3)
Tool Integration Technologies	149	(4)
Conclusion	153	(4)
Part III. A Management System for Mechanical Engineering
The SUKITS Project	157	(12)
Overview of the SUKITS Project	158	(7)
Motivation	158	(2)
Goals	160	(2)
Application Domain	162	(2)
Project Structure and Results	164	(1)
The SUKITS Approach to Process Management	165	(3)
Contributions	165	(1)
Management Models	166	(1)
Management Tools	167	(1)
Conclusion	168	(1)
Management Model: Informal Description	169	(24)
Product Management Model	169	(6)
Documents, Dependencies, and Configurations	170	(1)
Versions and Versioned Objects	170	(2)
Version and Configuration Graphs	172	(2)
Consistency Control and Data Integration	174	(1)
Activity Management Model	175	(8)
Product-Centered Activity Management	177	(1)
Process Dynamics	178	(5)
Resource Management Model	183	(2)
Integration of Formal and Informal Cooperation	185	(1)
Related Work	186	(6)
Product Management	186	(3)
Activity Management	189	(2)
Resource Management	191	(1)
Conclusion	192	(1)
Management Model: Formal Specification	193	(50)
PROGRES at a First Glance	193	(2)
Product Management Model	195	(19)
Graph Schema	195	(9)
Graph Transformations	204	(10)
Activity Management Model	214	(11)
Graph Schema	214	(4)
Graph Transformations	218	(7)
Resource Management Model	225	(4)
Graph Schema	226	(1)
Graph Transformations	227	(2)
Model Adaptation	229	(5)
Adaptation in SUKITS	229	(1)
PROGRES Specification of Model Adaptation	230	(4)
Discussion	234	(4)
Specification-in-the-Small	236	(1)
Specification-in-the-Large	237	(1)
Related Work	238	(3)
Conclusion	241	(2)
Management System	243	(18)
Tools: Functionality and User Interface	243	(9)
Management Environment	243	(4)
Modeling Environment	247	(2)
Work Environment	249	(3)
Realization	252	(8)
Management Environment	252	(2)
Modeling Environment	254	(1)
Work Environment	255	(1)
Tool Integration	256	(2)
Communication and Distribution	258	(2)
Conclusion	260	(1)
Applications, Experiences, and Evaluation	261	(26)
SUKITS Prototypes	261	(3)
Demonstration: Development of a Drill	264	(14)
Overview	264	(4)
Demo Steps	268	(10)
Evaluation	278	(5)
Management Model	278	(1)
Formal Specification	279	(1)
Management System	280	(1)
Applications	281	(2)
Conclusion	283	(4)
Part IV. Toward an Adaptable Environment for Modeling and Managing Development Processes
Overview	287	(18)
Conceptual Framework	288	(4)
Dimensions of Management	288	(2)
Model Architecture	290	(1)
Limitations of the SUKITS Approach	291	(1)
Modeling of Management Configurations	292	(6)
Architectural Issues	292	(3)
Models for Managing Products, Activities, and Resources	295	(3)
Management System	298	(4)
Overview	298	(1)
Modeling Environment	299	(2)
PROGRES Environment	301	(1)
Process Support Environment	302	(1)
Conclusion	302	(3)
Dynamic Task Nets	305	(28)
Informal Description	305	(10)
Structure of Task Nets	305	(3)
Levels of Modeling	308	(1)
Behavior of Task Nets	309	(3)
Examples	312	(3)
Formal Specification	315	(14)
Base Model	316	(8)
Standard Behavior	324	(2)
Structural Adaptation	326	(1)
Behavioral Adaptation	327	(1)
Discussion	328	(1)
Related Work	329	(3)
Net-based approaches	329	(1)
Rule-based approaches	330	(1)
State-based approaches	331	(1)
Procedural approaches	332	(1)
Conclusion	332	(1)
Unified Multi-Project Resource Management	333	(22)
Informal Description	333	(8)
Features of RESMOD	333	(1)
Resources	334	(1)
Resource Configurations	335	(1)
Plan and Actual Resources	335	(3)
Base and Project Resources	338	(2)
Task Assignments	340	(1)
Formal Specification	341	(12)
Resource Hierarchies	341	(3)
Actual and Required Resources	344	(6)
Base and Project Resources	350	(1)
Discussion	350	(3)
Related Work	353	(1)
Conclusion	354	(1)
Object-Oriented Process Modeling	355	(20)
Motivation	355	(1)
Meta Process	356	(2)
Process Analysis	358	(2)
Process Specification	360	(8)
Structural Modeling	361	(2)
Model Structuring	363	(2)
Behavioral Modeling	365	(3)
Environment Generation	368	(3)
Lessons Learned	371	(2)
Related Work	373	(1)
Conclusion	374	(1)
Current Status and Future Work	375	(4)
Management Model	375	(1)
Modeling Languages	376	(1)
Management System	377	(1)
Applications	378	(1)
Conclusion	378	(1)
A. Glossary	379	(6)
References	385	(28)
Index	413