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The development of products in disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, or software engineering is a challenging task. Costs have to be reduced, the ti- to-market has to be shortened, and quality has to be improved. Skilled engineers andsophisticatedtoolsforsupportingtechnicalworkarenecessaryprerequisites, yettheyarenotsu?cientformeetingtheseambitiousgoals.Inaddition,thework of developers must be coordinated so that they cooperate smoothly. To this end, the steps of the development process have to be planned, an engineer executing a task must be provided with documents and tools, the results of development activities have to be fed back to management which in turn has to adjust the plan accordingly, the documents produced in di?erent working areas have to kept consistent with each other, etc. This book reports on models and tools for managing development processes. It provides both a survey of the current state of the art and presents our own contributions. The material covered in this book is based on research in di?- ent engineering disciplines (mechanical, software, and chemical engineering). It presents a uni?ed view on the management of development processes in these disciplines.

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Introduction
Introduction	p. 3
Development Processes	p. 3
Management	p. 5
Definition	p. 5
Managerial and Technical Level	p. 6
Products, Activities, and Resources	p. 8
Tools for Managing Development Processes	p. 10
Management, System: Structure and Functionality	p. 10
Scope of the Management System	p. 12
Models for Managing Development Processes	p. 12
Process Models	p. 13
Models as Tool Specifications	p. 13
Dynamics of Development Processes	p. 14
Comparison to Other Business Domains	p. 14
Dynamics at the Instance Level	p. 15
Dynamics at the Definition Level	p. 18
Approach and Contributions	p. 19
Overall Approach	p. 19
Context of Research	p. 21
Models	p. 23
Formal Specification	p. 29
Tools	p. 36
Related Work	p. 41
Models	p. 41
Formal Specification	p. 43
Tools	p. 45
Overview	p. 48
Management of Development Processes: State of the Art
Process Management	p. 53
Product Management	p. 53
Documents and Configurations	p. 54
Version Control	p. 55
Workspace Management	p. 57
Activity Management	p. 57
Overview	p. 57
Modeling of Activities	p. 58
Functions of Activity Management	p. 60
Tools for Activity Management	p. 61
Resource Management	p. 61
Human Resources	p. 62
Computer Resources	p. 63
Conclusion	p. 64
Product Management	p. 67
Functions of Product Management	p. 67
Models for Product Management	p. 69
Product Space	p. 69
Version Space	p. 71
Interplay of Product Space and Version Space	p. 76
Construction of Versions	p. 79
Workspaces	p. 83
Tools for Product Management	p. 85
Overview	p. 85
System Descriptions	p. 85
Conclusion	p. 94
Activity Management	p. 99
Universe of Discourse	p. 100
Functions and Objectives of Process Management.	p. 100
Characterization of Development Processes	p. 101
Models for Activity Management	p. 104
Conceptual Framework	p. 104
Process Meta Models	p. 109
Product Development	p. 112
Tools for Activity Management	p. 117
Overview	p. 117
System Descriptions	p. 119
Conclusion	p. 131
Resource Management	p. 135
Management of Human Resources	p. 135
Models for Human Resource Management	p. 136
Tools for Human Resource Management	p. 138
Management of Computer Resources	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 143
Tool Integration	p. 145
Tool Integration: Classification and Overview	p. 146
Tool Integration Technologies	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 153
A Management System for Mechanical Engineering
The SUKITS Project	p. 157
Overview of the SUKITS Project	p. 158
Motivation	p. 158
Goals	p. 160
Application Domain	p. 162
Project Structure and Results	p. 164
The SUKITS Approach to Process Management	p. 165
Contributions	p. 165
Management Models	p. 166
Management Tools	p. 167
Conclusion	p. 168
Management Model: Informal Description	p. 169
Product Management Model	p. 169
Documents, Dependencies, and Configurations	p. 170
Versions and Versioned Objects	p. 170
Version and Configuration Graphs	p. 172
Consistency Control and Data Integration	p. 174
Activity Management Model	p. 175
Product-Centered Activity Management	p. 177
Process Dynamics	p. 178
Resource Management Model	p. 183
Integration of Formal and Informal Cooperation	p. 185
Related Work	p. 186
Product Management	p. 186
Activity Management	p. 189
Resource Management	p. 191
Conclusion	p. 192
Management Model: Formal Specification	p. 193
PROGRES at a First Glance	p. 193
Product Management Model	p. 195
Graph Schema	p. 195
Graph Transformations	p. 204
Activity Management Model	p. 214
Graph Schema	p. 214
Graph Transformations	p. 218
Resource Management Model	p. 225
Graph Schema	p. 226
Graph Transformations	p. 227
Model Adaptation	p. 229
Adaptation in SUKITS	p. 229
PROGRES Specification of Model Adaptation	p. 230
Discussion	p. 234
Specification-in-the-Small	p. 236
Specification-in-the-Large	p. 237
Related Work	p. 238
Conclusion	p. 241
Management System	p. 243
Tools: Functionality and User Interface	p. 243
Management Environment	p. 243
Modeling Environment	p. 247
Work Environment	p. 249
Realization	p. 252
Management Environment	p. 252
Modeling Environment	p. 254
Work Environment	p. 255
Tool Integration	p. 256
Communication and Distribution	p. 258
Conclusion	p. 260
Applications, Experiences, and Evaluation	p. 261
SUKITS Prototypes	p. 261
Demonstration: Development of a Drill	p. 264
Overview	p. 264
Demo Steps	p. 268
Evaluation	p. 278
ManagementModel	p. 278
Formal Specification	p. 279
Management System	p. 280
Applications	p. 281
Conclusion	p. 283
Toward an Adaptable Environment for Modeling and Managing Development Processes
Overview	p. 287
Conceptual Framework	p. 288
Dimensions of Management	p. 288
Model Architecture	p. 290
Limitations of the SUKITS Approach	p. 291
Modeling of Management Configurations	p. 292
Architectural Issues	p. 292
Models for Managing Products, Activities, and Resources	p. 295
Management System	p. 298
Overview	p. 298
Modeling Environment	p. 299
PROGRES Environment	p. 301
Process Support Environment	p. 302
Conclusion	p. 302
Dynamic Task Nets	p. 305
Informal Description	p. 305
Structure of Task Nets	p. 305
Levels of Modeling	p. 308
Behavior of Task Nets	p. 309
Examples	p. 312
Formal Specification	p. 315
Base Model	p. 316
Standard Behavior	p. 324
Structural Adaptation	p. 326
Behavioral Adaptation	p. 327
Discussion	p. 328
Related Work	p. 329
Net-based approaches	p. 329
Rule-based approaches	p. 330
State-based approaches	p. 331
Procedural approaches	p. 332
Conclusion	p. 332
Unified Multi-Project Resource Management	p. 333
Informal Description	p. 333
Features of RESMOD	p. 333
Resources	p. 334
Resource Configurations	p. 335
Plan and Actual Resources	p. 335
Base and Project Resources	p. 338
Task Assignments	p. 340
Formal Specification	p. 341
Layer 1: Resource Hierarchies	p. 341
Layer 2: Actual and Required Resources	p. 344
Layer 3: Base and Project Resources	p. 350
Discussion	p. 350
Related Work	p. 353
Conclusion	p. 354
Object-Oriented Process Modeling	p. 355
Motivation	p. 355
Meta Process	p. 356
Process Analysis	p. 358
Process Specification	p. 360
Structural Modeling	p. 361
Model Structuring	p. 363
Behavioral Modeling	p. 365
Environment Generation	p. 368
Lessons Learned	p. 371
Related Work	p. 373
Conclusion	p. 374
Current Status and Future Work	p. 375
Management Model	p. 375
Modeling Languages	p. 376
Management System	p. 377
Applications	p. 377
Conclusion	p. 378
Glossary	p. 379
References	p. 385
Index	p. 413
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