Introductions (30 people @ 1.5 minutes each = 45 minutes)

Each participant will be able to describe where they’re from, why they are here, what sorts of things they’re working on and what they want to get out of this workshop … in 90 seconds total!

Common Features in Software Processes, and their Use in Simulation

Chair: Dietmar Pfahl, Fraunhofer Institute Experimental Software Engineering

Speakers:

• David Raffo, Greg Spehar and Umanath Nayak, “Generalized Simulation Models: What, Why and How?”

• Márcio de Oliveira Barros, Cláudia Maria Lima Werner, Guilherme Horta Travassos, “System Dynamics Extension Modules for Software Process Modeling”

• Harald Störrle, “Making Agile Processes Scalable”

It is believed that some of the major obstacles to applying Software Process Modelling and Simulation in industry can be solved by Generalized Simulation Models. How can these be developed? Can we use some approaches from software development? (such as Model reuse, libraries, “product lines”, “open source & open development”). A possible goal of the session is the identification of patterns or components of simulations for future development as research topics.

Three speakers invited from the workshop participants will present their work, followed by a general discussion on the presentations and the topic.

Paper presentation session 1

Chair: Ioana Rus, Center for Experimental Software Engineering, University of Maryland

Speakers:

• Dietmar Pfahl and Guenther Ruhe, “IMMoS: A Methodology for Integrated Measurement, Modelling, and Simulation”

• Ines Grützner, Jürgen Münch, Alejandro Fernandez, Badie Garzaldeen, “Guided Support for Collaborative Modeling, Enactment and Simulation of Software Development Processes”

• Leon J. Osterweil, “Modeling Processes for Effectively Reasoning About Their Properties”

Model Calibration and Validation

Chair: Paul Wernick, Centre for Empirical Software Process Research, University of Hertfordshire

Speakers:

• Wayne Wakeland, Robert H. Martin, David Raffo, “Using Design of Experiments, Sensitivity Analysis, and Hybrid Simulation to Evaluate Changes to a Software Development Process: A Case Study”

• J F Ramil & N Smith, “Qualitative Simulation and the Study of Software Evolution”

• Dan Houston, “A Case Study in Software Enhancements as Six Sigma Process Improvements: Simulating Productivity Savings”

Much of the published work on simulation of software processes emphasises the importance to the authors of calibrating quantitative model outputs to real-world or estimated trends. In a recent paper in System Dynamics Review (“Qualitative and quantitative modelling in system dynamics: some research questions, SDR, 16 (3)), Geoff Coyle suggests that we can learn great deal about a situation from qualitative, un-calibrated models, and that a balance between qualitative and quantitative modelling needs to be struck.

Can we learn from this for software process modelling?

Three speakers invited from the workshop participants will present their work, followed by a general discussion on the presentations and the topic.

Paper presentation session 2

Chair: Ioana Rus, Center for Experimental Software Engineering, University of Maryland

Speakers:

• Holger Neu, Thomas Hanne, Jürgen Münch, Stefan Nickel, Andreas Wirsen, “Creating a Code Inspection Model for Simulation-based Decision Support”

• Susan Ferreira, James Collofello, Dan Shunk, Gerald Mackulak, Phil Wolfe, “Utilization of Process Modeling and Simulation in Understanding the Effects of Requirements Volatility in Software Development”

• Mercedes Ruiz, Isabel Ramos, Miguel Toro, “An Integrated Framework for Simulation-based Software Process Improvement”

• Reidar Conradi, Letizia Jaccheri and Marco Torchiano, “Using software process modeling to analyze the COTS based development process”, Presented by: Torgeir Dingsoyr

• Rizwan Ahmed, Tracy Hall and Paul Wernick, “A Proposed Framework for Evaluating Software Process Simulation Models”

Paper presentation session 3

Chair: Dietmar Pfahl, Fraunhofer Institute Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Speakers:

• Tomas Berling, Carina Andersson, Martin Höst and Christian Nyberg, “Adaptation of a Simulation Model Template for Testing to an Industrial Project”, Presented by: Josef Nedstam

• Keith Phalp and Karl Cox, “Using Enactable Models to Enhance Use Case Descriptions”

• Joao W. Cangussu, “A Stochastic Control Model of the Software Test process”

• Frank Padberg, “Applying Process Simulation to Software Project Scheduling”

• Peter B. Lakey, “A Hybrid Software Process Simulation Model for Project Management”

State of the art – some innovative work

Chair: Paul Wernick, Centre for Empirical Software Process Research, University of Hertfordshire

Speakers:

• Silvia T. Acuña, Natalia Juristo, “Modelling Human Competencies in the Software Process”

• Dietmar Pfahl and Guenther Ruhe, “Goal-Oriented Measurement plus System Dynamics - A Hybrid and Evolutionary Approach”

• Munch, Rombach and Rus, “Creating an Advanced Software Engineering Laboratory by Combining Empirical Studies with Process Simulation”

• Chris Jensen and Walt Scacchi, “Simulating an Automated Approach to Discovery and Modeling of Open Source Software Development Processes”

• Holger Neu and Ioana Rus, “Reuse in Software Process Simulation Modeling”

• Eliza Chaing and Tim Menzies, “Simulations for Very Early Lifecycle Quality Evaluations”

Presentations by the authors of seven papers selected from those accepted for ProSim 2003 on the basis of their novelty or as examples of

• new software process work
• new simulation environments/approaches
• examples of differing approaches to model development

Futures: Presentation and Panel; & Close

Chair: David Raffo, Portland State University

Speakers/panel members:

• Anthony Earl, Sun Microsystems Incorporated

• Anish Anant, Software and System Engineering Research, Motorola Labs

• Bob Martin, Software Management Consulting, Inc.

• Wayne Wakeland, Leupold Systems, Portland State University.

• Leon Osterweil, Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Massachusetts

• Presentation on a new Software Process Simulation website
• Advantages/ Obstacles
• Forming the Community
  • How the Process Community formed
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Today
  • What to do next as a research community?
• General Discussion.

ProSim workshop will be held at School of Business Administration (SBA). The SBA building is located at 631 S.W. Harrison on the east side of Broadway, in Portland Oregon.

Technical session will be held in Room 290.

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