Methodology/ Process Engineering/ Process Design ? WG/SG?

Outcome of the Discussion Today we discussed about topics that could be explored in the next months: New experiments of method fragments extractions Criteria for fragments quality evaluation New methodology composition approaches and guidelines About the group proposal and organization: Several of the most active members of this group are not today in Budapest (although most will arrive later) We think the best position is to postpone any decision and to discuss with all the others. Our preferred approach will be bottom-up (listen to proposals and try to collect the wider support that is possible to achieve) We will ask for positions from: old members of the group from new people who have not contributed to previous activities (in order to collect fresher ideas) A mailing list will be created in the next days for discussion

What is the future of this work? Several people are committed with this work (specifically with the old TC method engineering approach) IT IS a research work: new contributions can be given to the state of the art workshops about this topic happen several time a year IT IS NOT only a research work: The lack of standards is limiting the diffusion of this approach in industries and makes it perceived as much more difficult than it is The construction of a new generation of design tools could be heavily affected by the availability of a standard in the field The members of this group will decide within the next month whether they prefer to: Submit a proposal for continuing the activity as a FIPA Working group Submit a proposal for moving the activity within a FIPA Study Group Continue the activity in form of scientific collaborations among members (not within FIPA)