Designing Agent-Based Process Systems-Extending the OPEN Process Framework

2011 ◽  
pp. 160-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Debenham ◽  
B. Henderson-Sellers
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Process Systems ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Process Framework ◽  
Open Process ◽  
Object Technology ◽  
Additional Process ◽  
Agent Orientation

Originally a development methodology targeted at object technology, the OPEN Process Framework (OPF) is found to be a successful basis for extensions that support agent-oriented software development. Here we describe the process components necessary to agent-oriented support and illustrate the extensions by means of two small case studies that illustrate the extensions by means of two small case studies that illustrate both task-driven processes and goal-driven processes. The additional process components for Tasks and Techniques are all generated from the OPF’s metamodel, which gives the OPF its flexibility and tailorability to a wide variety of situations—here agent-orientation.

scholarly journals Agent-Based Simulation of Hardware-Intensive Design Teams Using the Function–Behavior–Structure Framework

Systems ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitch Bott ◽  
Bryan Mesmer
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Agent Based Simulation ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Agile Processes ◽  
Structure Framework ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Space Launch ◽  
Intensive System

Agile processes have been used in software development, with many case studies indicating positive changes in productivity when these processes are used. Agile processes are beginning to be applied to work beyond software-centric systems. There does not yet exist a diverse set of studies on the effectiveness of Agile processes on hardware-intensive systems. The research in this article applies a modeling and simulation-based approach which uses the function–behavior–structure framework to evaluate the effectiveness of waterfall and Agile processes. The simulation was validated against case studies of software-centric design efforts. When applied to a space launch vehicle—a highly coupled, hardware-intensive system—the simulation shows that the benefits of Agile may not be as great as those seen with software-intensive systems.

scholarly journals Improving the evaluation of software development methodology adoption and its impact on enterprise performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damjan Vavpotic ◽  
Tomaz Hovelja
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Study Experience ◽  
Software Development Methodologies ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Although the literature studying software development methodologies (SDMs) lists several significant positive effects of the deployment of SDMs, investments into SDMs by the enterprises remain relatively limited. Strategic investments decisions, such as SDMs investments, are mostly taken with the goal of improving enterprise performance. In this paper a model for evaluation of the adoption of SDMs that focuses on the abovementioned SDMs impact on enterprise performance is proposed. The model was empirically tested in four case studies in software development small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Slovenia. The case studies confirmed that the use of the proposed model enabled SMEs to improve SDMs related investment and adoption decisions and enabled SMEs to invest their limited resources in the most productive and competitive way. The case study experience with the proposed model suggests that its use would also bring similar benefits to larger software development enterprises.

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