USC Response-Barry Boehm

• USC research topics

• Other Observations

• Recommended Reading– Stephen Toulmin, Cosmopolis

USC Research Topics

• Empirical Studies – USC e-services projects

• Method selection, compostion, guidelines– Size, criticality, dynamism, skills, interdependencies

(product lines, systems of systems), inconsistent assumptions (trust customer vs. YAGNI)

• Agile/CMMI similarities and differences – CMMI tensions: level 5 vs. level 4

USC Research Topics (cont’d)

• Acquisition guidelines– In context of Future Combat Systems, FAA

• Role of people and skill needs – Pre- and Post- comfort levels (pair programming)

• Rapid development of tacit knowledge– WinWin, stories/scenarios/prototypes,…

Other Observations

• How much (documentation) is enough? Vs. How much is best?– Documentation to give to maintainers vs. – Putting maintainers on the team

• Best transition to agile depends on where you come from– Hackers: cool, extreme stuff– SEPG’s: anticipating Level 5

• TDD and requirements

Stephen Toulmin, Cosmopolis

• Cartesian/modernist agenda:– Apply laws of cosmos (planetary motion)– To the polis (body politic)

Stephen Toulmin, Cosmopolis (cont’d)

• Universal

• Written

• Timeless

• General

• Situational

• Verbal

• Time-sensitive

• Specific

Cartesian/Modernism Postmodernism