Hi Steve, I like the idea of the flower petal, as it is visually appealing and petals suggests things that are loosely connected and can be easily stripped off. The metaphor isn't perfect, as you don't add petals as needed, but maybe you can with plastic flowers :-) I've been playing with other metaphors like lego blocks, branches with leaves, a plant with "roots" of core practices, and sprouting other practices.
Bruce MacIsaac Manager - RUP/OpenUP Content [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (408)463-5140 "Steve Adolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/02/2008 09:56 AM To "'Ken Clyne'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Werner, Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Per Kroll/Cupertino/[EMAIL PROTECTED], Bruce Macisaac/Cupertino/[EMAIL PROTECTED], Ricardo Balduino/Cupertino/[EMAIL PROTECTED], "nate oster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ana Paula Valente Pereira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject OpenUP course material - work in progress Hi Guys: I submitted this to the EPF mailing list yesterday, but it was blocked because the attachment is a little large. This is something I am starting work on and I would love your feedback, especially the "flower petal" model. best regards, Steve From: Steve Adolph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 12:25 PM To: 'Eclipse Process Framework Project Developers List' Subject: OpenUP course material - work in progress Hello Everyone: First a caveat, the attached slides represent an early working in progress, but I want some feedback before I get in too deep. I'm starting to create a new series of training courses based on OpenUP. Attached is an extract of a few slides from one of the new courses in which I begin to describe OpenUP. I am characterizing OpenUP using what I currently refering to as the"flower petal" model. The iris of the flower is the EPF Agile Kernel and OpenUP are the petals enhance the core to handle projects which do not fit in the so called agile "sweet spot". The EPF practice library is presented as a tool box from which we can draw practices to enhance the agile kernel The metaphors of flower petals and tool boxes is a little disjoint - I know, this is a work in progress after all. While I am creating a new set of courses for WSA, I want to donate some of the material to EPF - specifically the description of EPF and what it is all about. The message I want to create is EPF starts with an Agile Kernel and then depending on the risk profile/needs of your project you begin to add practices to the kernel. This is why you see references to "constructing" a process. I try to emphasize how EPF processes are "built -up" from the practice library by contrasting OpenUP with RUP, where you "tailor-down" or "sculpt" RUP to create your project's process. Ok so where am I going with this? I looking for your feedback on this vision of EPF, the EPF agile kernel and OpenUP. For example, does the flower petal diagram resonate with you? Should this be the symbol for OpenUP (perhaps someone with a little more artistic talent can stylize it). Does it capture what you believe to be the driving ideas behind the EPF Agile Kernel and the EPF practice library? If I am going to donate part of this to EPF, then I am hoping that most of us have a similar vision of what EPF is about. All of us will be developing courses about OpenUP and EPF and I am hoping we can create a consistent message about EPF and OpenUP. For example, this is part of a new course I call "The Agile Business Analyst" which course describes the role of a BA in an agile environment. I am using the Analyst role from OpenUP to describe the practices a BA should follow in an Agile environment. The course will of course have proprietary material ( I need some comparitive advantage) but also I am hoping built around the common message of what EPF and OpenUP are. Anyways, please let me know what you think?. best regards, Steve Adolph[attachment "OpenUP description.pdf" deleted by Bruce Macisaac/Cupertino/IBM]
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