Incorporating elements from the prometheus agent-oriented methodology in the OPEN Process Framework

Abstract

As part of an extensive research programme to combine the benefits of method engineering and existing object-oriented frameworks (notably the OPEN Process Framework or OPF) to create a highly supportive methodological environment for the construction of agent-oriented information systems, we have analysed here contributions to the OPF repository of method fragments from the Prometheus agent-oriented methodology. We have identified three new Tasks, together with two new subtasks for a pre-existing Task and one additional Technique. Prometheus has also supplied the OPF with four new Work Products but no additional Roles or Stages. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.