APG Tool 03-0301: EPF Composer

Partner and ISV

Partner

Influencing Member

Architecture Forum Member

EPF Composer

Overview

EPF Composer is an open source tool for authoring development method content and publishing processes (such as software development, systems engineering, enterprise architecture). It allows an organization to construct a process from the ground-up, customize an existing process framework, and integrate a family of processes. EPF Composer is a result of the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) project.

Features & Benefits

Capture and extend method content

	Discipline
	Roles
	Tasks
	Work Products
	Guidance

Describe process patterns

Configure processes

Publish process content

Manage process assets

Extend base processes

Tailor process to organization- and domain-specific needs

Accompanied by Open Unified Process (OpenUP) process library

Provide forum for industry process investments to converge

	UP, Agile, DSDM
	MDA, TOGAF

Provide foundation for reusing, sharing, integrating, and tailoring various process assets

Open source

Description

EPF Composer uses a forms-based approach to defining method content (such as roles, tasks, and work products) in an Eclipse IDE. Method content is then configured into process patterns using various breakdown structures and activity models. The process patterns are in turn assembled into complete processes. Processes can then be published as a website.

Method content is comprised of:

Roles, tasks, work products

Disciplines, domains

Guidance (checklists, templates, examples, guidelines, etc)

Processes are configurations of method content arranged by:

Phases, iterations, activities

Milestones, team profiles

Guidance (checklists, templates, examples, guidelines, etc)

EPF Composer is accompanied by OpenUP, a base process for small, co-located development teams that can be extended and customized to each organization’s needs.

Screenshots

OpenUP Introduction