Software Process Technology 8th European Workshop, EWSPT 2001 Witten, Germany, June 19-21, 2001 Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th European Workshop on Software Process Technology, EWSPT 2001, held in Witten, Germany, in June 2001.
The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. Among the areas addressed are process evolution, experiences, mobility and distribution, UML process patterns, and process improvement.

Web Services and Their Composition.- The PIE Methodology — Concept and Application.- Reflection and Reification in Process System Evolution: Experience and Opportunity.- Monitoring Software Process Interactions: A Logic-Based Approach.- Experiences with Behavioural Process Modelling in FEAST, and Some of Its Practical Implications.- Software Process Technology Transfer: Using a Formal Process Notation to Capture a Software Process in Industry.- An Evaluation of the Spearmint Approach to Software Process Modelling.- A Software Process for an Integrated Electronic Commerce Portal System.- A Mobile Agent Approach to Process-Based Dynamic Adaptation of Complex Software Systems.- Process Support for Mobile Work Across Heterogeneous Systems.- A Delegation Based Model for Distributed Software Process Management.- Applying Real-Time Scheduling Techniques to Software Processes: A Position Paper.- Building Expressive and Flexible Process Models Using a UML-Based Approach.- Describing Process Patterns with UML.- Towards a Living Software Development Process Based on Process Patterns.- Modeling a Support Framework for Dynamic Organizations as a Process Pattern Using UML.- A Taxonomy to Compare SPI Frameworks.- Configuration Management Culture as the Kernel to Success in Software Process Improvement Efforts.- Reporting about the Mod Software Process.