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IESE Annual Report 1999 © 2000 Fraunhofer IESE Imprint Editorial board: Dr. Frank Bomarius Dipl.-Soz. Joachim Müller-Klink Dipl.-Dolm. Sonnhild Namingha Layout and Graphics: Grimm & Lang, Partnerschaft Diplom Designer, Schopp Lithography: Faber Druck GmbH, Kaiserslautern Printing: Faber Druck GmbH, Kaiserslautern Photography: Fraunhofer IESE Thomas Brenner, Kaiserslautern Annual Report of the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE 1999 Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering Sauerwiesen 6 D-67661 Kaiserslautern Phone: +49 (0) 6301 707 100 Fax: +49 (0) 6301 707 200 Email: [email protected] Internet: http://www.iese.fhg.de Foreword The institute grew out of the successful Software Transfer Initiative at the University of Kaiserslautern (STTI-KL), which was founded as a “Transfer Group” under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transpor- tation, Agriculture and Viniculture of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1993. Within four years, IESE has established itself as one of the leading international competence centers for applied research, and has established strategic collaborations with major companies within the telecommunica- tion, automotive and aerospace, banking, insurance and trade sectors. Special attention is given to small and medium-size companies within the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. In early 1996, the Fraunhofer Institute Experimental Software Engineering for Experimental Software Engineering employs experiments of different kinds (IESE) was founded in Kaiserslautern as instruments for effective software and funded for five years initially. 1999 technology transfer. Based on the marked the fourth year of continuous recognition that well-understood and growth in industrial and public project quantitatively manageable software income. On 26 October 1999, the development and maintenance process- Fraunhofer Senate voted to make our es need to be customized to a compa- institute a permanent member of the ny’s specific business goals and charac- Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V., effective teristics, new and innovative software immediately. This “promotion” was technologies need to be carefully based on a very successful external evaluated before being transferred into review of IESE’s research competencies practice. After transfer, they need to be and business orientation by a panel of continuously tracked and optimized highly renowned experts in 1998, based on feedback from measurement. almost four years of successful industry collaborations, and the conviction that Fraunhofer IESE provides the following the market for software engineering products to industrial customers: expertise will continue to grow in the • contract research in key software future. This decision enables IESE to engineering areas continue to foster its high-quality inter- national personnel, to become a long- • transfer of innovative software term strategic partner for industrial engineering technologies (tech- firms, and to play a growing synergetic niques, methods and tools) into role with other Fraunhofer institutes as business practice (including their software increasingly permeates all customization) other Fraunhofer business domains. • build-up of industrial improvement programs • consulting • education and training The most sought after areas for innova- lautern Industrial Park (PRE Park) has This report is intended to provide you tive software engineering technologies supported the local efforts to establish with an overview of our research and address a sound software and information transfer work in 1999. Together with technology industry in Kaiserslautern the distinguished members of our • predictable and certifiable software and has resulted in numerous collabo- Advisory Board we look forward to development (focus on require- rations with local firms. Overall, we see continued or new successful collabora- ments engineering, inspection/ a strong infrastructure for software and tion with you in the coming years. reviews, object-oriented design, IT developing in Kaiserslautern. measurement-based project track- Kaiserslautern, January 2000 ing) Further growth of IESE is only limited by • reuse-oriented software develop- its current location. We are, therefore, ment (focus on re-engineering/ eagerly awaiting the construction of reverse engineering for reuse, docu- our new permanent building. The ideal mentation for reuse, incremental location - close to the university, with inspections/ testing, product line additional space for start-up compa- Prof. Dr. Dieter Rombach development of software variants) nies - has been selected. We expect to Executive Director of the Fraunhofer start the planing process in 2000 and Institute for Experimental Software • project planning and management move into our new permanent home Engineering by data and quality assurance by 2002 or 2003. (focus on explicit process modeling, measurement and prediction Finally, I want to stress the high com- models) mitment and devotion of ALL employ- • process and product assessment ees to the vision and mission of IESE. (focus on CMM/SPICE-style assess- This commitment and devotion was ments, security & safety assessments and will continue to be the basis for of communications software and our success. The true assets of our in- electronic commerce applications, stitute are not our products but our quality assessments and certifica- people. We would like to sincerely tions of software products) acknowledge the active support and guidance we have received from Major highlights in 1999 (besides our Fraunhofer Gesellschaft e.V. in Munich, promotion to permanent institute) the University of Kaiserslautern (espe- included the continued build-up and cially my colleagues in the Computer maturation of our personnel, including Science Department), the City of about 20% international scientists, a Kaiserslautern, the State of Rhineland- strong presence at major international Palatinate, and our Advisory Board conferences (e.g., SEKE ’99) and work- (Kuratorium). Special thanks go to the shops in core competence areas of the members of our 1998 External Review institute, the continued growth and Committee whose careful evaluation renewal rate of industrial projects, the and recommendations provided not growth and integration of our U.S. only the basis for our promotion to sister organization (FC-MD) thru joint permanent institute, but also provided projects such as the SEC project, and valuable stimuli for our future develop- the extensive use of SWA Software ment into the next century. Akademie AG for professionalizing our Finally, I want to express my thanks for education and training offerings to the privilege of serving as the Executive industry. The IESE “Competence Center Director of such a dynamic and moti- for Software Technology and Continu- vated group of people. ing Education” located in the Kaisers- Contents Profile of Fraunhofer IESE Competence Areas and Projects Profile Overview 24 Vision and Mission 11 Quality Software Development 26 Events and Initiatives 12 Software Product Lines 34 Business Areas 16 Quality and Process Engineering 42 Offerings 17 Systematic Learning and Improvement 50 Collaborations 17 Continuing Education and Structure Training 60 Organigram 19 The International Institute 20 The Fraunhofer IESE 20 Advisory Board 21 The Institute in Numbers Budget 22 Personnel 22 Development 23 8 Fraunhofer IESE Annual Report 1999 Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Appendix Software Engineering, Maryland Vision and Mission 65 Overview 75 Business Fields, Targets, Benefits 65 Network in Science and Industry 76 Competencies and Offerings 65 Professional Contributions 80 Scientific and Industrial Activities 66 Scientific Publications 90 The FC-MD in Figures 70 Awards 100 Steering Committee Board 71 Events 101 References 71 The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft 106 Research Partners 71 Contact Points and Further Information 108 Memberships in Professional Organizations 71 Events 72 Visitors Hosted 72 Professional Activities 72 Presentations and Tutorials 73 Publications 73 Fraunhofer IESE Annual Report 1999 9 10 Fraunhofer IESE Annual Report 1999 Profile of Fraunhofer IESE Vision and Mission Over the past decades, software has The IESE vision within that global vision been introduced into almost all high- is to be one of the preferred industrial tech products and services. None of partners for contract research and them can function without software transfer of innovative technologies in anymore. An increasing number of the area of software engineering. We features of these products and services offer collaboration to companies in all are implemented in software. Conse- major business sectors, of all sizes, and quently, for the majority of industries, in all regions worldwide. We want to for telecommunication, trade, banking, be recognized as the worldlier lead-ing insurance, and other service domains, applied research center in the area of competitiveness and market success experimental software engineering. depend more and more directly upon their software engineering compe- The primary IESE mission is to provide tence. unique and value-adding solutions to our industrial customers by establishing Our global vision for the field of software improvement programs, trans- software and information technology is ferring innovative software technolo- that software competence will become gies, performing cooperative research, one of the most valuable assets for all conducting studies and assessments, high-tech product