Software Engineering Institute

Dennis B. Smith

Software Engineering Institute

Publications by Dennis B. Smith

Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on a Research Agenda for Maintenance and Evolution of Service-Oriented Systems (MESOA 2010)

September 01, 2011 • Special Report

Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith Kostas Kontogiannis

This report summarizes the proceedings from the 2010 MESOA workshop and includes the accepted papers that were the basis for the presentations given during the workshop.
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A Research Agenda for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Maintenance and Evolution of Service-Oriented Systems

March 01, 2010 • Technical Note

Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith Kostas Kontogiannis

This 2010 report describes the agenda of an SEI-led group that was formed to explore the business, engineering, and operations aspects of service-oriented architecture.
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on a Research Agenda for Maintenance and Evolution of Service-Oriented Systems (MESOA 2009)

February 01, 2010 • Special Report

Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith Ned Chapin

This report contains selected papers from the 3rd International Workshop on a Research Agenda for Maintenance and Evolution of Service-Oriented Systems (MESOA 2009).
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Proceedings of the Workshop on Software Engineering Foundations for End-User Programming (SEEUP 2009)

November 01, 2009 • Special Report

Len Bass Grace Lewis Brad Myers

This report presents the papers that were given at SEEUP 2009, held at the 31st ICSE in Vancouver, British Columbia on May 23, 2009.
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A Research Perspective on Maintenance and Reengineering of Service-Oriented Systems

June 08, 2009 • Article

Kostas Kontogiannis Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith

This position paper surveys the landscape of service-oriented architecture practice as it pertains to service-orientation maintenance and reengineering.
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A Scenario-Based Technique for Developing SOA Technical Governance

June 01, 2009 • Technical Note

Soumya Simanta Edwin J. Morris Grace Lewis

Organizations can make the available SOA governance frameworks more effective in their organizations using the scenario-based tailoring technique introduced in this technical note.
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Results of SEI Independent Research and Development Projects (FY 2007)

July 01, 2008 • Technical Report

Len Bass Lui R. Sha Dennis B. Smith

This report describes the independent research and development (IRAD) projects that were conducted during fiscal year 2007 (October 2006 through September 2007).
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Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Foundations of Service-Oriented Architecture (FSOA 2007)

June 01, 2008 • Special Report

Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith

This report presents the results of the Foundations of Software-Oriented Architecture (FSOA) workshop held at the Third International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications (I-ESA 2007).
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SoS Navigator 2.0: A Context-Based Approach to System-of-Systems Challenges

June 01, 2008 • Technical Note

Philip J. Boxer David J. Carney Suzanne Garcia-Miller

This report introduces the fundamental concepts, processes, and techniques of the SoS Navigator approach. It also presents case studies that show the use of SoS Navigator in healthcare, military, and civilian government systems-of-systems contexts.
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SMART: Analyzing the Reuse Potential of Legacy Components in a Service-Oriented Architecture Environment

June 01, 2008 • Technical Note

Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris Dennis B. Smith

Is legacy system migration feasible for your organization as a means of SOA adoption? The Service Migration and Reuse Technique (SMART) assists an organization in determining what to migrate, the steps needed, and the costs involved.
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Common Misconceptions About Service-Oriented Architecture

November 01, 2007 • White Paper

Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris Soumya Simanta

This 2007 article from Crosstalk magazine suggests ways to more effectively address critical SOA issues that potential users, developers, and acquisition officers may have.
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COTS and Reusable Software Management Planning: A Template for Life-Cycle Management

October 01, 2007 • Technical Report

William Anderson Edwin J. Morris Dennis B. Smith

This 2007 report presents a COTS and Reusable Software Management Plan that can serve as a guide for how to manage multiple COTS and other reusable software components in complex systems.
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Four Pillars of Service-Oriented Architecture

September 01, 2007 • White Paper

Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith

This 2007 SEI whitepaper by Grace Lewis and Dennis B. Smith outlines four pillars to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) success.
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Roles for Maintenance and Evolution of SOA-Based Systems

April 02, 2007 • Article

Mira Kajko-Mattsson Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith

This paper identifies the implications of SOA-based systems for the maintenance and evolution process, with a specific focus on roles.
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Developing Realistic Approaches for the Migration of Legacy Components to Service-Oriented Architecture Environments

March 01, 2007 • Article

Grace Lewis Dennis B. Smith

This article addresses the problem of the migration of legacy components to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments.
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System-of-Systems Governance: New Patterns of Thought

October 01, 2006 • Technical Note

Edwin J. Morris Patrick R. Place Dennis B. Smith

This 2006 technical note examines the ways in which six key characteristics of good IT governance are affected by the autonomy of individual systems in a system of systems.
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SMART: The Service-Oriented Migration and Reuse Technique

September 01, 2005 • Technical Note

Grace Lewis Edwin J. Morris Liam O'Brien

This document has been superseded by CMU/SEI-2008-TN-008, SMART: Analyzing the Reuse Potential of Legacy Components in a Service-Oriented Architecture Environment.
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Results of SEI Independent Research and Development Projects and Report on Emerging Technologies and Technology Trends (FY 2004)

October 01, 2004 • Technical Report

John K. Bergey Edwin J. Morris Jeannine Siviy

This report describes the IR&D projects that were conducted during fiscal year 2004 (October 2003 through September 2004).
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Software Product Lines: Experiences from the Sixth DoD Software Product Line Workshop

March 01, 2004 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Sholom G. Cohen Lawrence G. Jones

This 2004 report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the Sixth Department of Defense (DoD) Product Line Practice Workshop in September 2003.
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Acquisition Pilot: The Application of OAR in a Lead System Integrator Context

January 28, 2004 • Presentation

Dennis B. Smith

Presented: January 2004
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Third International Workshop on Adoption-Centric Software Engineering

June 01, 2003 • Special Report

Jens-Holger Jahnke (University of Victoria)Marin Litoiu (IBM Canada Ltd.)Hausi A. Muller (University of Victoria)

This report contains a set of papers that focus on overcoming barriers to adopting research tools. The papers were presented at the Third International Workshop on Adoption-centric Software Engineering (ACSE).
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SEI Independent Research and Development Projects

October 01, 2002 • Technical Report

Steve Cross Kurt C. Wallnau Eileen C. Forrester

This report describes the IR&D projects that were conducted during fiscal year 2002 (October 2001 through September 2002).
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An Application of an Iterative Approach to DoD Software Migration Planning

September 01, 2002 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Liam O'Brien Dennis B. Smith

This 2002 report outlines the early results of an approach to support software migration planning that focused on deriving actionable plans for focus areas that were identified in an initial increment of an overall migration plan.
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MAP and OAR Methods: Techniques for Developing Core Assets for Software Product Lines from Existing Assets

April 01, 2002 • Technical Note

Liam O'Brien Dennis B. Smith

This 2002 report describes the MAP and OAR methods, the activities that each involves, and examples of applying them.
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Army Workshop on Lessons Learned from Software Upgrade Programs

November 01, 2001 • Special Report

John K. Bergey Matt Fisher Caroline P. Graettinger

This report summarizes the results of the SEI-sponsored Software Upgrade Workshop for Legacy Systems at the Redstone Arsenal on June 5-7, 2001.
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Fourth DoD Product Line Practice Workshop Report

October 01, 2001 • Technical Report

John K. Bergey Albert Soule Sholom G. Cohen

The report summarizes the workshop presentations and discussions from the Fourth Department of Defense (DoD) Software Product Line Practice Workshop, held in March 2001.
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DoD Software Migration Planning

August 01, 2001 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Liam O'Brien Dennis B. Smith

This 2001 report describes migration planning, identifies influencing factors, outlines a set of migration planning activities, and offers a set of guidelines for the migration planning process.
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Options Analysis for Reengineering (OAR): A Method for Mining Legacy Assets

June 01, 2001 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Liam O'Brien Dennis B. Smith

OAR is a systematic, architecture-centric, decision-making method for mining existing components for a product line or new software architecture.
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Third DoD Product Line Practice Workshop Report

December 01, 2000 • Technical Report

Sholom G. Cohen Tricia Oberndorf Brian P. Gallagher

This report synthesizes the presentations and discussions of the Third Department of Defense Product Line Practice Workshop held in March 2000.
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Mining Existing Assets for Software Product Lines

May 01, 2000 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Dennis B. Smith

This 2000 report outlines four basic steps that are required to successfully mine assets.
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Guidelines for Using OAR Concepts in a DoD Product Line Acquisition Environment

March 01, 2000 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Dennis B. Smith

This 2000 report provides guidance for DoD organizations for mining legacy systems to obtain core assets that will fit into a previously defined software architecture for a product line.
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Builder's Guide for WaterBeans Components

December 01, 1999 • Technical Report

Daniel Plakosh Dennis B. Smith Kurt C. Wallnau

This paper describes WaterBeans, a proof-of-feasibility system for building software applications through a process of assembling prefabricated software components.
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Second DoD Product Line Practice Workshop Report

October 01, 1999 • Technical Report

John K. Bergey Grady Campbell Paul C. Clements

This report synthesizes the workshop presentations and discussions of the Second DoD Product Line Practice Workshop, held in March 1999.
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DoD Legacy System Migration Guidelines

September 01, 1999 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Dennis B. Smith Nelson W. Weiderman

This report provides a set of DoD legacy system migration guidelines.
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Options Analysis for Reengineering (OAR): Issues and Conceptual Approach

September 01, 1999 • Technical Note

John K. Bergey Dennis B. Smith Nelson W. Weiderman

This 1999 report outlines the foundation of a structured and coherent method, based on the "horseshoe" model, that will help practitioners make appropriate reengineering choices.
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Why Reengineering Projects Fail

April 01, 1999 • Technical Report

John K. Bergey Dennis B. Smith Scott R. Tilley (Florida Institute of Technoloy)

This 1999 report highlights some of the most important reasons for failures in reengineering efforts despite the best of intentions.
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Third Product Line Practice Workshop Report

March 01, 1999 • Technical Report

Len Bass Grady Campbell Paul C. Clements

This report synthesizes the workshop presentations and discussions, which described product line practices and analyzed issues in the areas of software engineering, technical management, and organizational management.
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DoD Product Line Practice Workshop Report

May 01, 1998 • Technical Report

John K. Bergey Robert W. Krut, Jr.Paul C. Clements

This report synthesizes the 1998 product line workshop presentations and discussions that described selected product line practices and identified barriers and enablers to achieving these practices within the DoD.
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Second Product Line Practice Workshop Report

April 01, 1998 • Technical Report

Len Bass Gary Chastek Paul C. Clements

This report synthesizes the presentations and discussions from the Second SEI Product Line Practice Workshop, held in November 1997. Workshop participants identified factors involved in product line practices and analyzed issues in the areas of software engineering, technical management, and enterprise management.
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Approaches to Legacy System Evolution

December 01, 1997 • Technical Report

Nelson W. Weiderman Dennis B. Smith Scott R. Tilley (Florida Institute of Technoloy)

This report outlines a comprehensive system evolution approach that incorporates an enterprise framework for the application of the promising technologies in the context of legacy systems.
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Enterprise Framework for the Disciplined Evolution of Legacy Systems

October 01, 1997 • Technical Report

John K. Bergey Linda M. Northrop Dennis B. Smith

This 1997 report describes an enterprise framework that characterizes the global environment in which system evolution takes place and provides insight into the activities, processes, and work products that shape the evolution of legacy systems.
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Implications of Distributed Object Technology for Reengineering

June 01, 1997 • Technical Report

Nelson W. Weiderman Linda M. Northrop Dennis B. Smith

This 1997 report provides definitions of various software evolution concepts and a taxonomy of activities.
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The Year 2000 Problem: Issues and Implications

April 01, 1997 • Technical Report

Dennis B. Smith Hausi A. Muller (University of Victoria)Scott R. Tilley (Florida Institute of Technoloy)

This report outlines the basic issues of the so-called "Year 2000" (Y2K) problem and discusses some of its implications.
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Coming Attractions in Program Understanding

December 01, 1996 • Technical Report

Scott R. Tilley (Florida Institute of Technoloy)Dennis B. Smith

This report identifies some of the emerging technologies in program understanding, which is the process of acquiring knowledge about a software artifact through analysis, abstraction,and generalization.
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Assessing the Quality of Large, Software-Intensive Systems: A Case Study

September 01, 1995 • White Paper

Alan W. Brown David J. Carney Paul C. Clements

This paper presents a case study in carrying out an audit of a large, software-intensive system.
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Proceedings of the First Annual Software Engineering Techniques Workshop, September 1994: Software Reengineering

September 01, 1994 • Special Report

L. Green John K. Bergey Giuseppe Lami

The 1995 workshop on software reengineering established a foundation for capturing the best practices within reengineering and resulted in a detailed outline for a reengineering best practices handbook.
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Principles of CASE Tool Integration

August 01, 1994 • Book

Alan W. Brown David J. Carney Edwin J. Morris

Principles of CASE Tool Integration describes concepts, models, and guidelines for understanding CASE tool integration and analyzes in-depth the CASE tool integration problem.
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Guide to CASE Adoption

November 01, 1992 • Technical Report

Dennis B. Smith Edwin J. Morris Kimberly Stepien-Oakes

This 1992 guide answers questions organizations may have concerning CASE technology, and provides a strategy for the adoption of CASE tools into an organization.
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Proceedings of the CASE Management Workshop

September 01, 1992 • Technical Report

Cliff C. Huff Dennis B. Smith Edwin J. Morris

This report summarizes the proceedings of the 1992 CASE Management Workshop. At this workshop, SEI affiliates discussed management topics such as CASE acquisition policy, the limits of CASE tools, CASE and metrics, and CASE tool selection.
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Proceedings of the CASE Adoption Workshop

May 01, 1992 • Technical Report

Cliff C. Huff Dennis B. Smith Kimberly Stepien-Oakes

The 1992 report summarizes the results of the SEI-sponsored workshop, held to address key CASE adoption issues.
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CASE Studies in Environment Integration

December 01, 1991 • Technical Report

Edwin J. Morris Peter H. Feiler Dennis B. Smith

This report identifies areas where successful standardization would improve tool and environment integration, as well as to pinpoint areas where successful integration standards exist.
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Issues in Tool Acquisition

September 01, 1991 • Technical Report

Paul Zarrella Dennis B. Smith Edwin J. Morris

This 1991 technical report identifies issues involved in the acquisition of CASE tools.
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