This is a presentation of a new draft RFP (Request for Proposal) for OMG (Object Management Group) in the area of software process and method engineering, focusing on a Domain-Specific Language and a Kernel of Essentials for Software Engineering. The RFP development is still in progress and the goal of the presentation is to solicit input from the ME’11 community for the further development of this RFP. The RFP is to be viewed as a shift in focus from the process engineers to the practitioners of software engineering. The approach is to provide better support for software development that is agile and non-deterministic, creative and collaborative, and to support process enactment and emergent processes rather than mainly process descriptions. A key idea is that in all software endeavors, there is a kernel including a few essential elements of software engineering that can be represented in a practitioner-oriented language, and form a common ground for describing and enacting methods and practices. The aim is to take advantage of recent development and experiences from the SEMAT community (www.semat.org), the EPF community, the Method Engineering community and the ISO/IEC 24744 community to give the best possible direct support for the practitioners in software engineering.
- B. Elvesæter, “ESSENSE – A Kernel of Essentials for Software Engineering”, presentation at ME’11, Paris, France, 21 April 2011. http://www.slideshare.net/ME11Conference/essense
