Wow Deen, these are really good, thank you. I'm seeing a lot of good ways to
express the iterative and collaborative nature of OpenUP. 

 

So let me introduce myself, I'm a Ph.D student at the University of British
Columbia and also an EPF Committer looking for victims.sorry I mean
enthusiastic people who are interested in making contributions to OpenUP. I
am specifically responsible for "General and Overarching Issues" which
effectively covers all content that is not directly associated with a
specific discipline. Would you be interested in participating in OpenUP or
other aspects of the EPF project?

 

Best regards,
Steve Adolph

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Deen Sethanandha
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:41 AM
To: Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List
Subject: Re: [epf-dev] Lifecycle diagram revision

 

Hi All,

  I am a Ph.D student at Portland State University.  I have been monitoring
EPF project for a while.  I am actually not a committer but I am studying
the developer material at this moment.  My research area is Software Process
and Metrics. I have read a lot about RUP and Agile methodology.  Attached
are some ideas that I have regarding the life cycle model.  I borrow the
idea from the RUP iterative diagram.  I think it helped me when I present to
other students.  

  The OpenUP1 is a bit cleaner.  It has inner circle as iterative diagram
and the outer circle as the OpenUP Phases.  The size of each phase are
different.  I try to convey the growth of work products.

  The OpenUP2 provide the view of work product growth.  I like Ana's idea
about that.  However, people could interpret the larger of boxes as effort
or duration for each phase, which is not quite correct.  That's why I have
arrow called "Work Product".

   The diagrams and color are not set in stone.  I just like to convey my
idea.  I hope that the digrams are not too far off from what you have in
mind.

  There is an interesting analogy that I had when I think about the OpenUP2.
We can view the iteration circle as a wheel that tries to climb the slope to
the finish line.  For each phase, we could put the milestones that need to
be accomplished.


Best Regards,
Deen

On 1/23/07, Chris Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 

I like the last one as it shows the product getting "bigger" and more
complete through the four phases. 

Regarding the lifecycle diagram, attached is a slide that appears in APG's
RUP training that might foot the bill. The things I like about it is it
shows "loopy" iterations occuring continually throughout the phases, makes 
some distinction between the end of a phase and the end of a "normal"
iteration, and provides descriptive labels related to the problem and
solution for each phase.

Regarding the presumed inclusion of Daily Meetings (which certainly isn't a 
bad idea), I'm sure everyone noticed the numerous Bugzilla entries for
incorporating XP content. I was wondering (like Brian and perhaps others),
if we had made a decision to include the XP content into the "core" 
OpenUP/Basic 1.0 content. I guess I thought (perhaps naively, for no good
reason) that it was going to be an extension to OpenUP as a plug in someway
(OpenUP/XP?)...

I think discussing the entry/exit state thing would be pertinent... 

Chris ~:|


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On
Behalf Of Brian Lyons
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:25 AM
To: Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List
Subject: RE: [epf-dev] Lifecycle diagram revision

hiho,

I think the first one is a great picture and we should find a place for it. 
On the other hand the "lifecycle diagram" (that started this
thread) is the picture above the WBS that is labeled Workflow on the
Lifecycle page.  I think this diverges too much from the focus of "what is 
the lifecycle?" and instead covers "what's it all about?"  Especially the
ones without the phases.

I like the picture though.  A lot.  Perhaps this is a missing graphic at the
top of the Core Principles page. 

Did we add Daily Meetings as a definitive, default characteristic of
applying OpenUP/Basic?

Back to the lifecycle diagram, I think it can have iterations added somehow.
Perhaps just in a more aesthetically pleasing version of what Steve scrawled

or perhaps someone has a more innovative representation.

Though the Lifecycle page does not call it out, WBS elements are understood
to have Work Product Usage in addition to the task-centric perspective.  I'd

love for us to get the focus on the ever growing product in there (as
suggested by Scott).  Of course we don't have a Work Product called Product,
just the Build.  Maybe something like Ana's ever-growing blocks could fit 
into the Lifecycle Diagram.

BTW, do we need a side discussion on the Entry State and Exit State and
Deliverable columns on the Work Product Usage?  That sounds like something
that could add a little more clarity to the process. 

                                       ------- b

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On Behalf Of Ana Valente Pereira
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 5:38 AM
To: Steve Adolph
Cc: Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List
Subject: Re: [epf-dev] Lifecycle diagram revision 

just some ideas ... modified from a picture I saw for something else...

.. I tried to show core principles, some practices inside the iteration and
the phases ... maybe its too much

Ana

Ana Valente Pereira wrote: 

> it is also to linear and lacks the learning... feedback from one
> iteration being used to improve the solution (and the process) for the

> next iteration
> ... I can try to make some drawings and sketches to discuss at the 
> next F2F ? ... and then someone would take care of the graphics?
>
> Ana
>
> Steve Adolph wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone
>>
>> The OpenUP lifecycle diagram bothers me because it does not include 
>> any dramatic visual clue to OpenUP being an iterative process. I've
>> just sketched a revise diagram and wonder two things:
>>
>> 1) Am I the only one who is concerned the lifecycle diagram does not 
>> dramatically include iterations?
>>
>> 2) Is there someone out there who actually has creative and drawing
>> talent and is interested in re-drawing this? J
>>
>> Best regards 
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
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