Software Engineering for Business Information Systems (sebis) Department of Informatics Technische Universität München, Germany wwwmatthes.in.tum.de Master’s Thesis Kick-Off Presentation Empowering Users to Collaboratively Structure Artefact-oriented Requirements Engineering Processes Michael Bigontina,

Agenda 1.Introduction  Collaborative Knowledge Work  Theoretical Basis of the overall project  General Solution of the overall project 2.Artefact-oriented Requirements Engineering  Activity-Orientation vs. Artefact-Orientation  AMDiRE (Artefact Model for Domain-independent RE)  Example of Tasks and Artefacts  Designtime vs. Runtime 3.Research Questions 4.Development  Development approach  Current state of work 5.Roadmap Michael Bigontina 2

Collaborative Knowledge Work is Ubiquitous in Organizations Michael Bigontina 3 Planing of an application landscape Development of large software systems Solving complex problems in communities Producing new ideas and innovations How can software support processes for collaborative knowledge work? Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Theoretical Basis of the Research Project Involves Three Different Disciplines Michael Bigontina 4 Knowledge Work Literature on knowledge work in organizations provides an understanding of the problem. Description of the problem: Characteristics of knowledge work Complex vs. Complicated problems Roles in knowledge work Adaptive Case Management Adaptive case management is a novel approach to support knowledge-intensive processes. Solution ideas from ACM: Essential requirements for ACM support Emergent design of processes Evolution of processes with templates Social Principles and Patterns Knowledge work relies on the successful collaboration of different roles. Facilitating collaboration: Building successful online communities Learning from existing communities on the web Principles and patterns Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Goal Orientation  Describe which goals should be achieved  Goals guide the stream of work  Replaces traditional process model Emergence  Empowerment and participation of end users  Adaptability of templates at run-time  Continuous improvement of templates Data Centricity  Data as driver for knowledge work  Goal-oriented transformation of data  Integration of processes and data Collaboration  Knowledge creation through interaction  Building a successful online community Case Templates  Sharing and preservation of knowledge  Access to recurring best practice patterns General Solution: Empowering Users to Collaboratively Structure Knowledge-Intensive Processes Michael Bigontina 5 Create a new task for „Neue Idee“ Logical and temporal dependencies with CMMN Adding a new task Attribute types Drag and drop of attributes on tasks Access rights on attributes Completed tasks Hide completed tasks Unstructured information In-place editing New attribute for the template Design Principles  Flexible stage-gate process for Innovation Management  Development of a future Enterprise Architecture state  Artefact-oriented Requirements Engineering processes with templates Case Studies Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap DARWIN web application

Rational Unified Process (RUP) Activity-Orientation vs. Artefact-Orientation Michael Bigontina 6 V-Modell XT Source: Johannes Passing - Requirements Engineering in the Rational Unified Process Activity-Orientation: Concrete process with a set of methods performed in a particular order Artefact-Orientation: Concentration on artefacts, which are coupled to milestones, roles, etc. Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

AMDiRE – Artefact Model for Domain-independent RE Michael Bigontina 7 Source: Mendez Fernandez et al. – AMDiRE – Artefact Model for Domain-independent RE Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Example of Tasks and Artefacts Michael Bigontina 8 Source: Mendez Fernandez et al. - Artefact-based Requirements Engineering and its Integration into a Process Framework Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Designtime vs. Runtime Michael Bigontina 9 Based on: Mendez Fernandez et al - A Case Study on the Application of an Artefact-based Requirements Engineering Approach Customisation Approach Stage 1: Initial Project Set-Up Create Artefacts Assign Roles Define Milestones Set-Up Infrastructure Stage 2: Project-specific Execution Strategy Project Background, Documents, … Artefact Type Dynamic Content Creation: Create Content Item Reflect on Project Parameters Analyse Possibilities Document Rationale Create Content DesigntimeRuntime Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Research questions How can software support artefact- oriented Requirements Engineering? What are characteristics of the process in the generic meta-model for artefact-orientation? How can concrete AMDiRE or BISA Requirements Engineering Processes be supported? Research Question 1 Research Question 2 Research Question 3 Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap Michael Bigontina

Development approach Michael Bigontina 11 Source: Mendez Fernandez et al. - A Meta Model for Artefact-Orientation Naming conventions: Content Item = Attribute Artefact = Page Concept Type = Attribute Value Milestones = Milestones Tasks = Tasks Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Current State of Work Michael Bigontina 12 Artefact Content Item Concept Type (e.g. as Text) could be another Artefact Concept Item Representation: Text, Number, Boolean, Enum, Date, File Concept Representation: new page (as for Artefacts) containing concepts and concept items Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Roadmap Michael Bigontina Current position Introduction – Artefact-oriented RE – Research Questions – Development - Roadmap

Questions Michael Bigontina 14