The OPEN Process Framework: An Introduction by Donald Firesmith

By Donald Firesmith

"[The authors] have performed a superb activity of bringing forth the facility and the pliability of this Most worthy framework in a simple to learn and comprehend advent. even though it has been written to be an introductory textual content in OPF, i discovered [it] additionally without problems useable as a guide for preliminary method definition, an obtainable remedy of significant matters in software program approach layout, and a textbook in OPF." Houman Younessi affiliate Professor of machine technological know-how, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute The OPEN method Framework offers a template for producing versatile, but disciplined, approaches for constructing top of the range software program and process purposes inside of a predictable time table and finances. utilizing this framework as a kick off point, you could create and tailor a strategy to fulfill the categorical wishes of the undertaking.

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Any standard object-oriented process framework should allow the process engineer to instantiate (construct) a process that is appropriate for a specific project. , roles, teams, organization, and tools) to develop the Work Products; (iv) allocate Tasks and associated Techniques to the Producers; (v) group the Tasks into Activities and Work Flows; and (vi) choose the development Stages (cycles, phases and milestones). ● tailoring. Any standard object-oriented process framework should permit the process engineer to tailor the process initially and, iteratively, to modify the process to meet the changing needs of the project and incorporate lessons learned during the process.

However, in order to provide the necessary flexibility, an object-oriented development cycle should typically be described using the following three attributes: ● Incremental. The development cycle of most object-oriented projects is incremental because non-trivial products are so large and complex that they would take too long to deliver if developed and tested in a big bang manner. By the time the application was delivered, their original requirements typically would be obsolete. Today’s competitive marketplace will often no longer support the inherent delays of the traditional waterfall cycle.

If such a process could be identified, it would need to be highly flexible to take into account factors such as ● size – small Web or e-commerce applications may require a “low ceremony” process in comparison to a large mission-critical banking application that is intended to support the core business and may therefore need a higher ceremony process; ● complexity – for highly complex developments, more attention will need to be paid to process elements such as quality assessment; more checks and balances will need to be installed to avoid relying on the intuition of an individual programmer; ● business criticality – reliability, scaleability, and operational availability mechanisms such as load balancing, failover, and redundancy are critical for applications that can never fail or be unavailable to their users.

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