Gary Chastek
Software Engineering Institute
Publications by Gary Chastek
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A Framework for Software Product Line Practice, Version 5.0
December 31, 2012 • White Paper
Linda M. NorthropReed LittleJohn McGregor
This document describes the activities and practices in which an organization must be competent before it can benefit from fielding a product line of software systems.
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An Early Look at Defining Variability Requirements for System-of-Systems Platforms
September 25, 2012 • Conference Paper
John KleinGary ChastekSholom G. Cohen
This paper describes the development of a method for analyzing decisions about requirements for common platforms for systems of systems to enable controlled evolution.
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It Takes an Ecosystem
April 25, 2012 • Presentation
Gary ChastekJohn McGregor
This presentation introduces the STRategic Ecosystem Analysis Method (STREAM), which uses the architecture construct of a view to reduce model complexity.
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Software Product Lines: Report of the 2010 U.S. Army Software Product Line Workshop
June 01, 2010 • Technical Report
John K. BergeyGary ChastekSholom G. Cohen
This report synthesizes presentations and discussions from a 2010 workshop to discuss product line practices and operational accomplishments.
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Formulation of a Production Strategy for a Software Product Line
August 01, 2009 • Technical Note
Gary ChastekPatrick DonohoeJohn McGregor
This 2009 report describes a technique for formulating the production strategy of a production system.
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Toward Measures for Software Architectures
March 01, 2006 • Technical Note
Gary ChastekRobert Ferguson
In this 2006 report, the authors describe the results of a preliminary investigation into measures for software architecture.
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A Study of Product Production in Software Product Lines
March 01, 2004 • Technical Note
Gary ChastekPatrick DonohoeJohn McGregor
This 2004 report presents the results of a study that focused on how product line organizations create products.
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Measures for Software Product Lines
October 01, 2003 • Technical Note
David ZubrowGary Chastek
This 2003 report characterizes the status of measurement associated with the operation of a software product line, suggests a small set of measures to support its management, and provides guidance for those establishing measurement activities within a software product line.
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Product Line Analysis for Practitioners
September 01, 2003 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekPatrick Donohoe
This 2003 technical report describes the addition of development requirements to product line analysis.
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Product Line Production Planning for the Home Integration System Example
September 01, 2002 • Technical Note
Gary ChastekPatrick DonohoeJohn McGregor
This 2002 technical note examines the significant characteristics of the production plans of three hypothetical organizations that create product lines of home integration systems.
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Guidelines for Developing a Product Line Production Plan
June 01, 2002 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekJohn McGregor
This 2002 technical report provides guidance for creating, using, and evaluating a production plan, which is a description of how core assets are to be used to develop a product in a product line.
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Product Line Analysis: A Practical Introduction
April 01, 2001 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekPatrick DonohoeKyo C. Kang (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
This 2001 report provides a practical introduction to product line requirements modeling. The report describes product line analysis in the context of product line development and shows how a requirements model is built based on object modeling, use-case modeling, and feature-modeling techniques.
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The Architecture Based Design Method
January 01, 2000 • Technical Report
Felix BachmannLen BassGary Chastek
This paper presents the Architecture Based Design (ABD) method for designing the high-level software architecture for a product line or long-lived system.
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Second Product Line Practice Workshop Report
April 01, 1998 • Technical Report
Len BassGary ChastekPaul 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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A Case Study in Structural Modeling
December 01, 1996 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekLisa Brownsword
This report describes structural modeling, a technique for creating software architectures based on a small set of design elements called structural types.
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An ADA Binding to the SAFENET Lightweight Application Services
December 01, 1993 • Technical Report
B. Craig MeyersGary Chastek
This document describes an ADA binding to the Survivable ADAptable Fiber Optic Embedded Network (SAFENET) lightweight application services.
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The Use of ASN.1 and XDR for Data Representation in Real-Time Distributed Systems
October 01, 1993 • Technical Report
B. Craig MeyersGary Chastek
This report provides an overview of two standards that are used for data specification and representation in distributed systems.
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Requirements Engineering and Analysis Workshop Proceedings
December 01, 1991 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekMark H. GrahamGregory Zelesnik
At the 1991 Requirements Engineering and Analysis Workshop was held to brainstorm ways in which the DoD deal more effectively with the requirements of mission-critical systems.
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Notes on Applications of the SQL ADA Module Description Language (SAMeDL)
June 01, 1991 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekMark H. GrahamGregory Zelesnik
This 1991 report shows how the SAMeDL can be adapted and extended to provide services to applications needing advanced features or having other unusual requirements.
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Rationale for SQL ADA Module Description Language SAMeDL
March 01, 1991 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekMark H. GrahamGregory Zelesnik
This document is a companion to the SAMeDL Reference Manual. Whereas the Reference Manual is meant to be precise, the Rationale is meant to be clear.
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Rationale for SQL ADA Module Language Description (SAMeDL)
March 01, 1991 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekMark H. GrahamGregory Zelesnik
This 1991 document provides an explanation of the problem solved by the SQL Ada Module Description Language (SAMeDL).
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The SQL ADA Module Description Language SAMeDL, Version 3.75
November 01, 1990 • Technical Report
Gary ChastekMark H. GrahamGregory Zelesnik
This 1990 manual outlines the SQL ADA Module Description Language (SAMeDL), which is used to describe database services needed by ADA application programs.
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