What is the Eclipse Process Framework.pptVIP

12/21/05 Process Framework (EPF) Project Beacon - Creation Review What is the Eclipse Process Framework Agenda What is Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) OpenUP Overview and Demo EPF Future Vision What Development Teams Are Facing Today No common language or terminology between processes - redundancy and inconsistencies Knowledge cannot easily be customized for different projects or new best practices No central community or communication framework to facilitate convergence of best practices across domains A Better Approach Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) Project EPF Ecosystem Who Uses EPF? EPF: Growing Ecosystem EPF Community – growing everyday! 27 committers from 11 organizations +1,000 downloads per week Committer and Supporter Meetings Over 80 people attended the 5 face-to-face meetings from 20 organizations and 9 countries Weekly conference calls for various component teams Press Stories +100 mentioning Newsgroup postings Good interest in the newsgroups – 30 – 40 posts each month. Developer email list – over 30 posts each DAY EPF v1.0 Release date – September 2006 Example Work-in-Progress Process OpenUP OpenUP/Basic – evolved by ~10 organizations Model-Driven Architecture – ESI, Capgemini, IBM, … Value-Based Software Engineering – University Southern California Agile DSDM Consortium - DSDM Agile modeling – Scott Ambler eXtreme Programming – Object Mentor / IBM Scrum – Catalysts APM – Catalysts / Highsmith OPEN Process Framework - Contribution pending for OPFRO Tool XML schema Proposed set of APIs Export to Microsoft Project Agenda What is Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) OpenUP Overview and Demo EPF Future Vision What Is a Method Framework? What Is the Open Unified Process (OpenUP) A process framework united by a set of core principles Application of an iterative lifecycle that mitigates risk early and often, and shows results early and often Focus on the collaboration within a development team including the product stakeholders to maximize results Manageme