Eclipse-based management system for process innovation & methodology enhancement

Many software development methodology support systems (M. Light, 2003) have emerged with fundamental features such as, process definition, and process publication including organizational process manuals and online documentation. However, the major tools are lacking features such as the enactment of multiple methodologies in one project, the reuse of project assets for project performance, and the quantitative project management with the purpose of development process improvement in both project and organization level. For this reason, we have built the PRiME system, which is software process & project management system based on SPEM (software process engineering metamodel) (http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/formal/spem.htm) compliant software development methodologies. It basically supports the effective definition, reference, implementation, and enhancement of methodology providing the integrated functionalities in software development project. Also its primary sub-systems have been built as a pluggable component type, called eclipse plug-in within the eclipse PDE (plug-in development environment) for compatibility with CASE or software development tools.