SEMAT-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (JP)

We want to find solutions to issues and
challenges SEMAT is facing today.

And establish ambitious, yet feasible, goals for
the future.
SEMAT Tomorrow
After 4 years we look back on what we have and

have not achieved.
SEMAT Today
SEMAT began in 2009 with a Call for Action and

a Vision Statement.
SEMAT Yesterday
Introduction
SEMAT in the Beginning
SEMATYesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Gap between academic research and its practical

application in industry
Vision
Create the kernel allowing people to describe their
current and future practices and methods using a
common vocabulary and framework
So that they can be compared, evaluated, composed,
simulated, applied, measured, taught and researched.
SEMAT Tomorrow
Abundance of unique methods that are hard to

compare in the lack of a theoretical basis
SEMAT Today
Software Method Crisis
SEMAT Yesterday
Kernel
Methods
are composed of
Language
Practices
Practices
are defined in terms of
are described using
The Kernel
Methods
The Language
SEMAT Tomorrow
Vision 2010
SEMAT Today
SEMAT Yesterday
1. Establish the kernel and the language through OMG.
2. Develop the kernel-based tools (including open source).

3. Set up a practice marketplace.
4. Develop curricula.
5. Write text books and papers.
6. Promote the kernel-related research.
SEMAT Tomorrow
Three-Year Plan: 2011-2013
SEMAT Today
SEMAT Yesterday
1. Extensible
2. Actionable
3. Composable
4. Adaptable
5. Scalable
SEMAT Tomorrow
Kernel Design Principles
SEMAT Today
SEMAT Yesterday
Self-Assessment: 45% Achieved

Level of Achievement
3
Over-achieved
Sufficiently Achieved
Insufficiently Achieved
Not started
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SEMAT Today
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OMG Standard Kernel

OMG Essence 1.0 Beta 1
released in June 2013
SEMAT Tomorrow
SEMAT Today
SEMAT Yesterday
SEMAT Community Today
4 work areas
100+ participants
2000 supporters
6 regional chapters
75 signatories
Board of Directors (3)
SEMAT Inc.
SEMAT Office (3)
SEMAT Area (85)
Theory (14)
Advisory Board (3)
Executive Committee (7)
Regional Chapter (50)

China (12)
Japan (9)
Practice (24)
Education (29)
Korea (5)
Latin America (9)
Russia (8)
Community (18)
South Africa (7)
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SEMAT Today
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Theory Area
General Theory of Software Engineering Workshop: 20~30 papers submitted
No consensus reached on GTSE
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SEMAT Today
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Practice Area
One book and two CACM papers published
The book translated in China, and translations going

on for Spanish, Russian and Korean
Early adopters of Essence
Fujitsu Services, Munich Re, KPN, UK government,

Japanese consumer electronics, Chinese
telecommunication product, Chinese Internet
media company, etc.
Detailed case study reports in preparation
Essence User Guide and Practice Development

Guide under development
Slow progress with the number of active

participants decreasing
Essence tools being offered free from IJI
Practice Workbench, EssWork, iOS app for Alpha

State Cards
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Education Area
Industry Training
Essence tutorial in ICSE 2013

Essence Information Day in OMG Meeting in
2013 presenting tutorials, usage examples,
case studies and tool demos
Regional chapters holding Essence
workshops: China, Korea, Latin America,
Russia, South Africa
IJI courses on Essence; IJI planning on
certification programs
University Education
CMU SV: Practicum project

KTH RIT: Scenario-based exercises
U Florida, NU Columbia, U Oslo: Lecture note
Free U Bozen: Courseware
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Community Area
SEMAT Newsletter published bimonthly

2nd SEMAT All Hands meeting
SEMAT on Wikipedia
SEMAT Inc. established in Florida
The bylaws being developed
SEMAT Website being rebuilt

Collecting use cases
Essence user survey to be conducted

SEMAT Annual Workshop to be planned
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Regional Chapters
China Software Industry Association
(CSIA) adopted SEMAT as a pivotal
component of its Q Plan.
Korea Chapter received a government
grant for R&D on Essence; a second grant
of $1.5M being proposed.
Russia Chapter is working on an extension
of the Essence kernel for Systems
Engineering
Latin America and South Africa held
Essence workshops.
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Vision Update
Reach out to 20M software
practitioners worldwide.
Develop software engineering theories
underlying the kernel.
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Theory Area
SEMAT will pursue both consensus
and diversity.
Both alternative kernels and
Essence-supporting theories are
being pursued.
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Practice Area
OMGs open standard will create a new ecosystem for practices and methods,
and will evolve in response to users requirements.
SEMAT plans to build a practice marketplace.
Both existing and new practices will be written in the Essence kernel.
It will be a tournament where proven as well as innovative new practices are
easily accessible.
To get this started, we need first to accelerate the development of Practice
Development Guide and Essence User Guide.
We hope major tool vendors will build Essence-based tools integrated with
their existing or new tools.
Both SEMAT and the Essence users success should be measured (e.g. using
BFH metrics).
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SEMAT Today
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Education Area
A new and more systematic foundation for teaching software engineering
based on the kernel and the language will emerge, which supports learning in
academic and professional environments.
New textbooks and reference materials to support curricula and personal
development based on the kernel and the language should be published.
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SEMAT Today
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Community Area
SEMAT needs funding.
SEMAT is in imminent need of more participants competent in creating Essencebased intellectual assets (practices, guides, white papers, glossaries, blogs, case
studies, books, tools, e-learning contents, test banks, etc.)
It became evident that there is a limit to securing qualified experts time if SEMAT
keeps depending on only volunteers.
We are on the verge of slipping into a vicious cycle of slow asset growth, leading
to stagnated user grow, then to demotivated volunteers.
SEMAT Inc. needs to generate revenues and secure sponsorship.
Revenues may come from membership fees in return to the privilege to access
valuable assets, shared profits from asset sales, ads in the SEMAT Website, etc.
The new SEMAT Website should support social networking, content delivery and
e-commerce.
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SEMAT Today
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New Areas
Development of a more abstract kernel than the Essence kernel
Systems engineering based on the Essence kernel
A book with modern papers on systems engineering is on its way edited by

Professor Bud Lawson and Ivar Jacobson.
Business engineering using Essence
One significant user of Essence has extended the kernel to support business
development.
Education in software development at high school level, starting from Essence

A department at a university in Russia is exploring this opportunity.
Tool development to support Essence as an open source project
SEMAT Tomorrow
SEMAT Today
SEMAT Yesterday

Regional Chapters
SEMAT should encourage
active participants in other
regions such as USA and
Europe to organize a
chapter to expand the
population of SEMAT
contributors and users.
Other unexplored regions
such as Australia, India,
Canada, Eastern Europe,
South Asia and Middle East
should be reached out to.
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Conclusion
Watts Humphrey may have shown real
forethought ahead of the first SEMAT
meeting in Zurich, March 2010, when he
said: This meeting in Zurich is likely to be a
historic occasion much like the 1968 NATO
session in Garmish.
SEMAT results are a collective effort from
the community for the community.
Working together, we are refounding
software engineering.
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We want to find solutions to issues and

challenges SEMAT is facing today.

After 4 years we look back on what we have and

SEMAT began in 2009 with a Call for Action and

SEMAT in the Beginning