1. PhD-status for Magne Syrstad
PhD-seminar for software engineering group. November 23rd 2004

2. Outline Two case studies Overall plans for next 6 months 3 questions
Good start to planning, but a lot remains
AKVAsmart
DNV
Overall plans for next 6 months
3 questions

3. AKVAsmart
Establishment of a product family to support fish farming industry
Replacing old project
First project finished, the main one underway
But a plan project starting outside of the common platform
Possible focus:
Adoption
Architecture and variability mechanisms

4. DNV Software They have a common platform called BRIX
Domain independent, little functionality
From the Nauticus line of products
Being established as platform for all products within DNV software
Two possible cases
AIMS – Asset integration management system
Making domain specific, shared components
RMS – Risk management system
Making an extended platform as well as domain components.

5. DNV Software Focus is still in the air Scoping of reusable components?
BRIX
AIMS
RMS
Focus is still in the air
Scoping of reusable components?
Adoption strategies
Overall benefits? Time to market, economy...
Will have to agree on something with DNV Software

6. Plan for the next 6 months
Get case studies going and obtain results
Organize local arrangements for changeability experiment with Simula.
Organize exercises in software architecture course
Take research methods course to complete classes
Present something at internal PhD-conference in May/June to finish IT-emner

7. Questions
How wide is it wise to make a study ? The wider the more publishing opportunities, but the narrower the better result?
One thing is getting a study started, but how to make it going, keeping the company interested?
Does anyone know other companies with large company wide frameworks/families that are neither in the Familier project, nor Kantega?