This research for this thesis was conducted to develop a framework which supports the automatic configuration of project-specific software development processes by selecting and combining different technologies: the Process Configuration Framework. The research draws attention to the problem that while the research community develops new technologies, the industrial companies continue only using their well-known ones. Because of this, technology transfer takes decades. In addition, there is the fact that there is no solution which solves all problems in a software development project. This leads to a number of technologies which need to be combined for one project.
The framework developed and explained in this research mainly addresses those problems by building a bridge between research and industry as well as by supporting software companies during the selection of the most appropriate technologies combined in a software process. The technology transformation gap is filled by a repository of (new) technologies which are used as a foundation of the Process Configuration Framework. The process is configured by providing SPEM process pattern for each technology, so that the companies can build their process by plugging into each other.
The technologies of the repository were specified in a schema including a technology model, context model, and an impact model. With context and impact it is possible to provide information about a technology, for example, its benefits to quality, cost or schedule. The offering of the process pattern as output of the Process Configuration Framework is performed in several stages:
I Technology Ranking:
1 Ranking based on Application Domain, Project & Impact
2 Ranking based on Environment
3 Ranking based on Static Context
II Technology Combination:
4 Creation of all possible Technology Chains
5 Restriction of the Technology Chains
6 Ranking based on Static and Dynamic Context
7 Extension of the Chains by Quality Assurance
III Process Configuration:
8 Process Component Diagram
9 Extension of the Process Component Diagram
10 Instantiation of the Components by Technologies of the Technology Chain
11 Providing process patterns
12 Creation of the process based on Patterns
The effectiveness and quality of the Process Configuration Framework have additionally been evaluated in a case study. Here, the Technology Chains manually created by experts were compared to the chains automatically created by the framework after it was configured by those experts. This comparison depicted that the framework results are similar and therefore can be used as a recommendation.
We conclude from our research that support during the configuration of a process for software projects is important especially for non-experts. This support is provided by the Process Configuration Framework developed in this research. In addition our research has shown that this framework offers a possibility to speed up the technology transformation gap between the research community and industrial companies.
As a Software Product Line (SPL) evolves with increasing number of features and feature values, the feature correlations become extremely intricate, and the specifications of these correlations tend to be either incomplete or inconsistent with their realizations, causing misconfigurations in practice. In order to guide product configuration processes, we present a solution framework to recover complex feature correlations from existing product configurations. These correlations are further pruned automatically and validated by domain experts. During implementation, we use association mining techniques to automatically extract strong association rules as potential feature correlations. This approach is evaluated using a large-scale industrial SPL in the embedded system domain, and finally we identify a large number of complex feature correlations.
Funkvernetzte Sensorsysteme sind heutzutage allgegenwärtig.
Sie werden sowohl in Rauchmeldern, in Raumtemperaturüberwachungen und Sicherheitssystemen eingesetzt.
Das Sensorsystem soll seine Aufgabe zuverlässig und über viele Jahre ohne Batteriewechsel erfüllen.
Durch die Vernetzung der Sensorsysteme und ihre immer komplexer werdenden Aufgaben wird die Programmierung in einer maschinennahen Sprache immer aufwändiger.
Die modellgetriebene Entwicklung erhöht die Wartbarkeit und reduziert die Entwicklungszeit wodurch im Allgemeinen die Produktqualität steigt.
In Folge der höheren Komplexität, der Abstraktion von der konkreten Hardwareplattform und den immer kürzere Produktentwicklungszeiten bleibt oft keine Zeit für Energieoptimierung, wodurch die Batterielaufzeit geringer ausfällt, als dies möglich wäre.
In dieser Arbeit werden verschiedene Ansätze vorgestellt, die es ermöglichen, bereits während der Modellierung den Stromverbrauch zu berücksichtigen und diesen zu optimieren.
Am Beispiel des inversen Pendels, einem sehr instabilen Regelungssystem, wird dazu mit Hilfe der modellgetriebenen Entwicklung eine funkvernetzte, verteilte Regelung spezifiziert.
Der aus der Spezifikation erzeugte Kode wird direkt auf den Sensorknoten ausgeführt und muß dazu performant und zuverlässig sein, um die Echtzeitanforderungen des Regelungssystems zu erfüllen, aber gleichzeitig so wenig Energie wie möglich zu verbrauchen.
m die Zuverlässigkeit der verteilten Regelung zu gewährleisten ist eine deterministische kollisionsfreie Datenübertragung über das drahtlose Kommunikationsmedium erforderlich.
Die Synchronisation ist eine weitere Voraussetzung zur Ermittlung eines konsistenten Systemzustands.
A Framework for Goal-oriented Process Configuration
(2012)
