Re: [epf-dev] OPEN Process Framework Repository

[Donald Firesmith <dgf@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Everyone,
I have started transferring a discipline (Requirements Engineering) into 
the epf tool, and I have run into the following problems so far:
1) There is no way to enter teams of roles.
2) There does not seem to be a way to enter techniques for performing tasks.
3) There does not seem to be a way to enter synonyms for tasks.
4) Some fields seem to allow html but other doe not (e.g., brief 
description).  I do not seem to be able to enter links into brief 
descriptions.
5) Should definitions of method components be in the brief description 
fields?  But then what about a glossary (guidence "term definition")?
6)   Role preview relationships are not sorted properly when entering 
several (e.g., alphabetically).  Role relationships do not handle long 
names well (overlapping).  They do not seem to scale up when you have 
many tasks and many work products (A list could be better if there are  
many tasks or many work products).  Why are lists used some times and 
simple-minded graphs other times?
7) The role responsible for a work product may change over time.  Yet 
currently, the assumption is that one role is the owner.  Perhaps 
produces may be a better concept.
8)  How do you handle inheritance relationships between roles (e.g., 
content worker, strategist, manager) and disciplines (e.g., types of 
requirements engineering) and tasks (e.g. visioning)?

Donald Firesmith
OPFRO Chair