[epf-dev] Review of the proposed SEMAT language specification

[Bruce Macisaac <bmacisaa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello EPF Community,

The following is a summary of my review
of the SEMAT language, including a mapping to the SPEM/UMF constructs used
by the EPF Practices library.

My conclusions are that SPEM/UMF and
SEMAT are very compatible and should be aligned.





My review does not include the current
language specification, as the SEMAT team has not yet released it for public
consumption.
Here is a summary of the language provided
by the SEMAT team (sorry for the lack of detail).



The SEMAT core team is focussed on evolving
their own new ideas, and not on alignment with SPEM, but  I will continue
to push for alignment.

In addition to defining a language,
SEMAT is also defining a set of "universals" the roughly correspond
to our work product slots.  The main difference
is that universals have state.  Universal
states are a way to think about project progress.  So you can talk
about how the requirements are progressing, how the architecture is progressing,
etc.  This is an interesting innovation that could be useful in EPF
as well.
I plan to do a separate study of how
EPF Practices could make use of universals and universal states.

If anyone is interested in participating
in such an effort, let me know.  

Also anyone that is interested in participating
in SEMAT is welcome to do so.
Contact Ivar
Jacobson <ivar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
to ask to participate.  If you don't get a response, you can also
ask one of the track chairs - contact information below.

*) Reviewing or contributing to the kernel
> Contact persons: Ian Michael Spence <ispence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
or  Paul E. McMahon  <pemcmahon@xxxxxxx>
> 
> *) Reviewing or contributing to the language
> Contact person: Michael Striewe <michael.striewe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> *)  Creating or reviewing example practices:
> Contact person: Paul E. McMahon  pemcmahon@xxxxxxx
> 
> *) Theory track
> Contact person: Michael Goedicke <michael.goedicke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Bruce MacIsaac
Manager RMC Method Content
bmacisaa@xxxxxxxxxx
408-250-3037 (cell)

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