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Experimenting with SEMAT SE Practicum Summer 2013

Ccile Praire Todd Sedano Ed Katz

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Agenda
What is the motivation? What is SEMAT? How to apply SEMAT What are the expectations?

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Motivation
Problem
Students tend to focus on implementation only, not truly demonstrating their ability to apply some of the many SE practices covered in class

Hypothesis
SEMAT provides a framework for students to look at their project holistically, helping them to address various project dimensions beyond implementation (like involving stakeholders, or improving the teams way of working)
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What is SEMAT?
SEMAT: Software Engineering Method and Theory
Founders: Ivar Jacobson Created: 2009 Bertrand Meyer OMG Standard: Richard Soley 2013 Goals End fashion trends and method wars, by moving from Methods to Practices Provide a framework for monitoring & steering projects
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SEMAT Promotes Assembling Methods using Reusable Practices

The kernel contains essential elements of software engineering

Things to Work With

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SEMAT Promotes Project Monitoring through Alpha States

Things to Work With (Alphas)

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How to apply SEMAT

Exercise: Requirements Alpha

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Exercise: Requirements Alpha

Plan each iteration by determining: - Where you are (current state) - Where you go (target state) - How to get there (tasks to perform)

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Exercise: Requirements Alpha

Determining Current State
Each team member determines individually which state the project is in Using a planning poker style, team members share findings Discuss the differences between answers Verify that the team has achieved all the checklist items on lower cards/states Create a list of actions the team could perform to achieve the target state
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SEMAT Project Execution

Requirements States

Software System States

Way of Working States

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Task 1. Conduct training on automated testing.

Task 2. Complete requirement-item: Browse offline Task 3. Complete requirement-item: Post comment Task 4. Fix bug: Album low resolution

Tasks 5: Talk to Angela and agree on additional requirements-items to make the system worth being operational.

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SEMAT Project Execution

Objectives To Do Doing Done
Task 1

Task 2 Task 3

Task4

Task 5

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Each project picks its own alphas

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Cards help adopt new practices/methods

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Expectations
Teams will experiment using SEMAT while planning their iterations Coaching from faculty will be provided (most likely during coaching or planning sessions) Document your team progress using the SEMAT log (or equivalent)

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Expectations SEMAT Log

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References
acmqueue: The Essence of Software Engineering: The SEMAT Kernel http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2389616
Semat.org Ivar Jacobson and all. The Essence of Software Engineering: The SEMAT Kernel. 2013.

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Questions

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