WISR '95 Working Groups

Two of the groups, the Micro-Architectures and Mental Models group, found it to their mutual benefit to explore issues in "lock-step" fashion, moving back and forth between the mental models we develop and use to reason about software architectures, and the hard nuts-and-bolts issues of constructing and composing generic architectures.

The Tools and Environments group decided very early in the workshop to become a "virtual" working group, sending envoys throughout the workshop and meeting periodically to collect and discuss different perspectives on their problem. The envoy concept was also used successfully by the Systematic OO Reuse group. Envoys were again sent to other groups to pull in different perspectives on the Systematic Software Reuse/OO "two cultures" issue.

The overlaps between groups worked out very nicely, with a great deal of discussion and cross-fertilization occurring during breaks, meals, and in the evening. The "cloister" effect kicked in, as golf, pool, and good talk blended with some fine reuse discussion.

Kevin Wentzel and Larry Latour
Co-Chairs, WISR '95

Working Groups

"The Organization" or "Software Reuse in a Business Environment"

Leader: Kevin Benner, Andersen Consulting

"Domain Processes and Engineering"

Leaders: Sid Bailin, CTA, and Scott Henninger, University of Nebraska

"The Reuse of Processes"

Leader: Bill Frakes, Virginia Tech

"Domain Modeling Representation Strategies: Towards a Comparative Framework"

Leader: Mark Simos - Organon Motives, Inc. (co-leader(s) to be recruited/drafted at the event)

"Micro-Architecture of Software Components"

Leaders: Joe Hollingsworth, Indiana University Southeast, and Bruce W. Weide, Ohio State University

"The Need For Good Mental Models of Software Subsystems"

Leaders: Steve Edwards, The Ohio State University, and Larry Latour, The University of Maine

"Systematic OO Reuse - A Tale Of Two Cultures"

Leader(s) : Martin L. Griss, HP Laboratories, and a co-conspirator/co-leader to be named (Martin will also act as envoy to the case-study group)

"Barriers to Institutionalizing Reuse Using Current Tools and Environments"

Leaders: Margaret (Maggie) J. Davis, Boeing Defense and Space Group, and Rebecca Joos, Motorola