Engineering Methods in the Service-Oriented Context
4th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on Method Engineering, ME 2011, Paris, France, April 20-22, 2011, Proceedings
Published on 29. March 2011
XII, 232 pages
978-3-642-19997-4 (ISBN)
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on Method Engineering, ME 2011, held in Paris, France, in April 2011. The 13 revised full papers and 6 short papers presented together with the abstracts of two keynote talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on situated method engineering, method engineering foundations, customized methods, tools for method engineering, new trends to build methods, and method engineering services.
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Engineering Methods in the Service-Oriented Context
4th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on Method Engineering, ME 2011, Paris, France, April 20-22, 2011, Proceedings
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Content
- Title Page
- Preface
- Conference Organization
- Table of Contents
- Keynote Talks
- An Assessment of Method Engineering
- Application of Method Engineering Principles in Practice: Lessons Learned and Prospects for the Future
- Situated Method Engineering
- Incremental Method Engineering for Process Improvement - A Case Study
- Introduction
- Aim of This Research
- Related Work
- Research Approach
- Selection and Analysis of Methods
- Requirements Prioritization
- Requirements Prioritization Methods
- Situational Factors
- Case Study
- Case Study Design
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Design Solution Analysis for the Construction of Situational Design Methods
- Introduction: Contingencies, Design and Situational Methods
- Analysis of Existing Design Solutions
- Derivation of Method Fragments and Configuration Rules
- Enterprise Architecture Management - An Illustrative Example for Design Solution Analysis
- Procedure Steps 1 through 7: Design Solution Analysis
- Procedure Steps 8 through 11: Design Method Construction
- Conclusions and Outlook
- References
- A Method Base for Enterprise Architecture Management
- Motivation
- Related Work
- Designing a Situated EA Management Function
- Foundations
- Structure of the Building Block
- Structure and Administration of the Building Block Base
- Applying the Building Block Base
- Summary and Outlook
- References
- Method Engineering Foundations
- Towards the Use of Granularity Theory for Determining the Size of Atomic Method Fragments for Use in Situational Method Engineering
- Introduction
- Theory of Granularity
- The Granularity of Method Fragments
- Case Study Based on the OPF Metamodel and Fragment Definitions
- The Current Situation
- The Proposed New Situation
- Discussion and Related Work
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- References
- A Method Assessment Framework
- Introduction
- Method Design
- Method Enactment
- Method Performance
- Advantages of This Framework
- Discussion and Related Work
- Conclusion
- References
- Towards Common Ground in SME: An Ontology of Method Descriptors
- Introduction
- Method Descriptors Ontology
- SME Method Descriptors
- Method Fragments
- Method Chunks
- Method Components
- Open Process Framework (OPF) Method Elements
- SO2M Method Services
- Exploring Usages of the Method Descriptors Ontology
- Conclusion
- References
- Customized Methods
- Towards a Method for Service Design
- Introduction
- Existing Approaches to Service Design
- Framework for Service Design - Towards a Service Design Method
- Discussion and Outlook
- References
- A Case Study for Improving a Collaborative Design Process
- Introduction
- The Extended Symphony Method
- Case Study
- Setting of the Case Study
- Results
- Evolution of the Extended Symphony Method
- Conclusion
- References
- Incorporating Model-Driven Techniques into Requirements Engineering for the Service-Oriented Development Process
- Introduction
- Related Works
- Software Process Engineering
- RUP Extension for the Model-Driven Requirements
- Activities and Workflow
- Work Products
- Roles
- Conclusions
- References
- Tools for Method Engineering
- The Online Method Engine: From Process Assessment to Method Execution
- Introduction
- Incremental Process Assessment and Improvement
- Analysis of Current Situation
- Analysis of Need
- Selection of Process Alternatives
- Creation of Improvement Roadmap
- Selection and Implementation of Method Increments
- Online Method Engine
- Information Extraction Using MERL
- Template Generation
- Conclusions and Further Research
- References
- A Deductive View on Process-Data Diagrams
- Introduction
- Constructs of Process-Data Diagrams
- PDDs versus Metamodeling
- Deductive Formalization
- The Product Part in ConceptBase
- The Process Part in ConceptBase
- Definition of PDD Combination
- Detecting Unstructured Data Production
- Realizing Traceability
- Conclusions
- References
- Turning Method Engineering Support into Reality
- Introduction
- State of the Art
- Overview of the Proposal
- The MDD Infrastructure
- Meta-modeling
- Model Transformations
- The Methodological Framework
- Method Design
- Method Configuration
- Method Implementation
- Conclusions and Future Work
- References
- New Trends to Build Methods
- Towards a Method for Engineering Social Web Services
- Introduction
- Background
- Running Scenario
- Social Computing Meets Service-Oriented Computing
- Social Web Services in the Literature
- Our Engineering Method
- Overview
- Step 1: What Relationships Can Put Web Services in Contact?
- Step 2: What Social Networks Correspond to Web Services' Relationships?
- Step 3: How to Build Social Networks of Web Services?
- Step 4: What Social Behaviors Can Web Services Exhibit?
- Implementation
- Support Tools
- Experience with $LinkedWS$
- Conclusion
- References
- Developing Families of Method-Oriented Architecture
- Introduction
- Motivating Example
- Background
- Software Product Line Engineering
- Method Oriented Architecture
- Method Services and Feature Modeling
- Families of Method Oriented Architecture
- Method Domain Engineering
- Method Application Engineering
- Case Study
- Related Work
- Discussion
- Conclusion and Future Work
- References
- Agile Service Development: A Rule-Based Method Engineering Approach
- Introduction
- Method Engineering for Agile Service Development
- Situational Project Factors and Characterization
- Method Fragments Description and Identification
- Conclusions
- References
- Method Engineering for Services
- Bridging the Gap between Business Processes and Service Composition through Service Choreographies
- Introduction
- Overview of the Approach
- The Choreography Meta-model
- Scenario
- The Domain Meta-model
- The Analysis Meta-model
- The Design Meta-model
- Conclusion and Discussion
- References
- Towards Construction of Situational Methods for Service Identification
- Introduction
- Foundations of a New Meta Method
- Situational Method Engineering and Configurability in Existing Approaches
- Research Design
- Goals and Scope of the Meta Method
- Identifying Situations
- Context Factors
- SOA Implementation Goals
- Designing Method Fragments for Service Identification
- Decomposition
- Exploration
- Conclusion and Further Research
- References
- An MDA Method for Service Modeling by Formalizing REA and Open-edi Business Frameworks with SBVR
- Introduction
- Background
- Creating Service-Centric SBVR-Based Business Model
- Related Work and Conclusion
- References
- A Scenario-Based Governance Method for Coordination of Service Life Cycles
- Introduction
- Scenarios for Comparison of Service Life Cycles
- Scenario-Based Governance Method for Life Cycle Coordination
- Conclusions
- References
- Author Index
