1. Introduction to Eclipse Process Framework: EPF Composer and OpenUP
Ricardo Balduino
IBM Rational Software
San Jose, CA
EPF Committer
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Agenda
What is EPF
What is OpenUP
Introduce concepts
Demo
What is EPF Composer
Customization scenarios
Publishing from a configuration (out-of-the-box content)
New plug-in with new method elements
New plug-in with new process lifecycle
- What’s EPF
- Practitioner & Project lead perspective
- Explain OpenUP
- minimal, complete and extensible
- core principles
- Demo
- roles, tasks, artifacts, guidance
- Delivery process
- Process Engineer perspective
- Explain method content & process, library, plug-ins, configurations, perspectives (authoring and browsing)
- customization scenarios
- create a new configuration; publish a new process that is a subset of the OOTB process (e.g. by removing the visual modeling specific content)
- create a new plug-in; create a method content that enhances existing content around a solution by adding more guidance specific to your team (e.g. CRC Cards to replace Visual Modeling)
- consider adding contributing task with a new step, a guidance
- on the new plug-in, use pieces from OpenUP CPs to create a delivery process resembling agile methods (iteration 0, iteration n)
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3. Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) Project
Provide an open and collaborative ecosystem for evolving software development processes
Provide sample practices, process tooling and a meta-model, that can be used as the foundation for a large variety of processes to address IT needs
Uses the Eclipse community to gain wide acceptance of the framework
Establish an open source process framework that can serve as a foundation for an evolving software development process ecosystem
- Donate a “process language” and process tools and common metamodel to seed an ecosystem
Establish practice content that can be used as the foundation for a large variety of processes to address IT needs
- Donate a subset of the Rational Unified Process to promote iterative and agile development
- Provide tooling with embedded support for the metamodel
Leverage Eclipse to drive industry-wide acceptance of the framework
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4. EPF Ecosystem Extensible, Customizable, Flexible
Inhouse
Inhouse
Inhouse
Inhouse
Content
Content
Content
Content
Free Process
Free Process
Free Process
Free Process
EXTENSIONS •
Project Mgmt.
Oper. Mgmt.
Systems Mgmt.
Plug
Plug
Plug
Plug - - - -
ins
ins
ins
ins
Content
Content
Content
Content
Plug
Plug
Plug
Plug - - - -
ins
ins
ins
ins
Open Unified Process (OpenUP)
Commercial
Commercial
Commercial
Commercial
Process
Process
Process
Process
Model-Driven Architecture
DSDM
Content
Content
Content
Content
Plug
Plug
Plug
Plug - - - -
ins
ins
ins
ins
OpenUP
Basic Unified
Consolidated Agile Framework
Basic Unified
Other agile processes
Process
Process XP
DSDM
Adapted from RUP
Adapted from RUP
Scrum
Scrum
Scrum
Scrum
AMDD
Jim Highsmith and Mike Cohn have expressed interest in development of a consolidated agile framework.
Object Mentor (Robert C. Martin) and IBM contributed an XP plug-in.
VBSE ( Value Based Software Engineering ) from Barry Boehm tentative
Tool
Tool
Tool
Tool
Extensions
Extensions
Extensions
Extensions
Extensible, Customizable, Flexible
Extensible, Customizable, Flexible
Extensible, Customizable, Flexible
Extensible, Customizable, Flexible
TOOLING (Authoring, Publishing)
TOOLING (Authoring, Publishing)
TOOLING (Authoring, Publishing)
TOOLING (Authoring, Publishing)
Common Language & Vocabulary
Common Language & Vocabulary
Common Language & Vocabulary
Common Language & Vocabulary
META MODEL (Unified Method Architecture)
META MODEL (Unified Method Architecture)
META MODEL (Unified Method Architecture)
META MODEL (Unified Method Architecture)
Open Source Development
Open Source Development
Open Source Development
Open Source Development
ECLIPSE
ECLIPSE
ECLIPSE
ECLIPSE
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What Is OpenUP?
An iterative software development process that is:
Minimal - only fundamental content is included
Complete - can be manifested as an entire process to build a system
Extensible - can be used as a foundation on which process content can be added or tailored as needed
Unified Process essentials
Iterations
Architecture
Use cases
Risks
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6. Key principles mapping to Agile manifesto
OpenUP Key principles
Agile manifesto
Collaborate to align interests and share understanding
Individuals and interactions over process and tools
Evolve to continuously obtain feedback and improve
Responding to change over following a plan
Balance competing priorities to maximize stakeholder value
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Focus on articulating the architecture
Working software over comprehensive documentation
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Demo
OpenUP published Web site
Introductory material
Core principles
Roles, Tasks, Artifacts, Guidance
Categories
Process
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Manage textual IC and
reusable method content.
EPF Composer
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Easy to use, form-based
rich-text editing capabilities.
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10. Breakdown / Iterations / Increments / Sprints / Waterfall
Assemble processes by with reusable method content and process patterns. Consistent management of WBS and Activity diagrams.
Workflow
Breakdown / Iterations / Increments / Sprints / Waterfall
Process with real structures in the tool instead of just html.
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Method Framework
The above diagram provides a graphical depiction of the Method framework.
There is method content (e.g., work products, roles, tasks, and content categories
There are processes (capability patterns, delivery processes, and activities)
There is guidance that can describe, and thus be associated with, to both method content and process content
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Method Library
Libraries contain
Method plug-ins
Configurations
The OpenUP library has:
Method plug-ins like
OpenUP
Base Concepts
Configurations like
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Method Configuration
Configuration
Select or deselect content packages and processes
Give it a name
Save it
Publish
Change in the future and re-publish it as needed
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Content Variability
Mechanism in the tool that allows you to customize method content without directly modifying the original content*.
Create plug-in B that contributes, extends, or replaces elements in plug-in A
Original elements in plug-in A are intact - all the changes are defined in your plug-in B
Content variability is useful, for example:
To change the description of an existing role
To add steps to an existing task
To add guidance to an existing task, and so on.
Easier to extend content.
EPL – license implications.
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Demo
EPF Composer
Library and plug-ins
Authoring perspective
Method elements
Process elements
Configuration
Browsing perspective
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16. Customization Scenarios (see attached step-by-step instructions)
You don’t need a different process
Use out-of-the-box (OOTB) content
Publish from library (if published Web site is not available).
You need a different process
Scenario A – Use existing plug-ins and packages to build your own process (as a subset of the OOTB process).
Create new configuration. Pick and choose packages. Preview or publish content.
Scenario B – Add guidance that is needed by your team
Create new plug-in. Add guidance and related elements. Preview or publish content.
Scenario C – Define a different development lifecycle
Create a new process lifecycle. Reuse process patterns if applicable. Publish new content.
Customization scenarios
- create a new configuration; publish a new process that is a subset of the OOTB process (e.g. by removing the visual modeling specific content)
- create a new plug-in; create a method content that enhances existing content around a solution by adding more guidance specific to your team (e.g. CRC Cards to replace Visual Modeling)
- consider adding contributing task with a new step, a guidance
- on the new plug-in, use pieces from OpenUP CPs to create a delivery process resembling agile methods (iteration 0, iteration n)
Note: These are examples of customization scenarios.
Not all possibilities have been explored due to lack of time for this tutorial.
Note: These are examples of customization scenarios.
Not all possibilities have been explored due to lack of time for this tutorial.
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Additional Resources
EPF project Web site
Download of OpenUP and EPF Composer
Getting started material
Contributing to the EPF project
Developers resources
Developers mailing list
EPF community newsgroup
Registration
Archive
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