Welcome to the CeBASE e-mail update!

We are please to inform you of new updates on the CeBASE website (http://www.cebase.org) and other relevant news over the last months:

• We now have a full section devoted to Agile Methods. The section contains information on empirical studies, the eWorkshops in Agile Methods, publications and other information. Check it out at: http://www.cebase.org/www/researchActivities/agileMethods/index.htm
• In the Tools section, the most recent addition is SPEARMINT™, from Fraunhofer IESE.  SPEARMINT™ is a graphical modeling tool for describing software development processes. The tool utilizes a graphical notation close to UML that is easy to use and powerful enough for describing complex realistic processes. Besides modeling support, SPEARMINT provides analysis capabilities and means to generate an Electronic Process Guide (EPG) and/or a process handbook from a process model. Release 7.1 of SPEARMINT™ is now available. Please check out tools section for more details: http://www.cebase.org/www/Resources/tools/index.htm

We would also like to announce the Workshop: "What we have learned about Agile Methods. In order to signify closure of the series of eWorkshops in Agile Methods, Dr. Forrest Shull (CeBASE and Fraunhofer Center Maryland) and Dr. Laurie Williams (North Carolina State University) will host a face-to-face meeting at the Agile Development Conference that will be held in Salt Lake City, UT from June 25 to June 28, 2003. Using some of the heuristics that resulted from the eWorkshops as a starting point, participants will have the opportunity to contribute their own experiences to refine or expand the list of heuristics. More info on this workshop ins in the the Agile Methods section: http://www.cebase.org/www/researchActivities/agileMethods/index.htm   

Please remember you can always use the FAQ (http://fc-md.umd.edu/cebase-faq/faq.asp) to find answers to your questions about CeBASE and its research areas and also post your questions. You can use the Quick Links and Search features to quickly find relevant information on the website.

This update and the future ones will be archived in: http://www.cebase.org/www/AboutCeBASE/newsletter/index.htm

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Looking forward to “talking” to you again!

Patricia Costa
From the CeBASE team