Paper Info
Title
SRI workshop summary: ”domain analysis in the DoD“
Abstract
The Workshop on "Domain Analysis in the DoD," sponsored by the Software Reuse Initiative (SRI) and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), was held at MITRE Corporation, in McLean, Virginia on 26 - 27 September 1995. The primary purpose of the workshop was to discuss issues related to identifying and scoping domains with emphasis on product lines and to assess the usefulness of the strawman SRI Domain Scoping Framework as a proposed basis for this scoping activity. To this end, two specific objectives were identified:1. to identify the barriers facing Program Executive Offices (PEOs) and Program Managers (PMs) in incorporating domain analysis technology in their organizations and programs and2. to recommend a range of solutions and/or approaches to address and overcome these barriers.Many DoD and Industry programs can benefit from the application of domain analysis technology (concepts, processes, methods, and tools). However, PEOs/PMs rarely have enough information regarding why, when, or how to use domain analysis on their programs. A more basic question is whether there are sufficient reuse benefits within an organization/domain to warrant the associated investment in domain engineering - does a product line exist that justifies reuse costs? The solution to this problem involves bringing together leading domain analysis experts and PEO/PM representatives and managers to discuss a framework, currently under development by the DoD SRI, to guide DoD managers in applying domain analysis in their organizations and programs.The workshop brought together over fifty representatives from DoD, commercial, and academic organizations, with varied interests and perspectives on Domain Analysis, including those of methodologist, practitioner, management, and customer. The workshop approach included a Program Management panel, Domain Analysis Experts panel, a follow-up plenary discussion session and two working group sessions. In the working groups, the attendees were divided into 5 color-coded teams: Blue, Green, Gold, Orange, and Red, and were instructed to 1) identify issues in performing domain scoping, using the SRI Domain Scoping Framework as a "strawman"; and 2) make recommendations for improving the framework and applying its principles in real-world situations.The teams were chosen to provide a diversified mix of view-points. Each team included a facilitator/rapporteur (responsible for keeping the discussion activities relevant to the task at hand) and a Framework expert (who served as the technical authority on issues relating to framework content). The general team approach involved focusing on issues and actions within the individual teams and then looking across teams for common threads in the plenary sessions. The ultimate goal was to build consensus and move ahead with implementation recommendations.
Year
DOI
Venue
1996
10.1145/381790.381800
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
Keywords
DocType
Volume
dod sri,domain engineering,leading domain analysis expert,domain analysis experts panel,domain analysis technology,product line,domain analysis,sri workshop summary,dod manager,scoping domain,domain scoping,information system,working group
Journal
21
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
1
0
0.34
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Frank Svoboda100.34
Fred Maymir-Ducharme201.01
Jeff Poulin311.11