Distributed software process models: an integration methodology

Summary form only given. Developing software-in-the-large involves many developers, with experts in various aspects of software development and in various aspects of the application area. We present an approach to integrate software process models in a distributed context. It is based on the fusion of process fragments (components) defined with the UML notation (Unified Modelling Language). The integration methodology presented allows unifying the various fragments both at the static level as well as at the dynamic level (behavioural). We consider various possible semantic conflicts; formal definitions of the inter-fragment properties are formulated and solutions for these conflicts are proposed. This integration approach provides multiple solutions for the integration conflicts and gives the possibility to improve and design new software process models by a merging of reusable process fragments.