(new !) SPEARMINT/EPG
SPEARMINT™, from Fraunhofer IESE, is a graphical modeling tool for describing software development processes. The tool's conceptual schema of process information is a simple yet expressive subset of the OMG's Software Process Engineering Metamodel (SPEM) specification. 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. While process models may be stored in experience bases and used by project managers for project planning, EPGs are put on a company's intranet to provide easy and distributed access to standardized and/or project-specific process descriptions to project performers. Process handbooks are based on the DocBook DTD and serve as printed process documentation as it is required by CMM, ISO 9000, and ISO 15504. A good publicly available example is the EPG for component-based product line engineering with UML, the so-called KobrA method. A demo version of SPEARMINT™/EPG, providing full functionality with model size being restricted to small and medium processes, can be downloaded here. For use of SPEARMINT™/EPG in education and research, Fraunhofer IESE provides royalty-free licenses. For commercial use, a provision fee is charged. Contact Fraunhofer IESE for pricing and further information!

Building and Organizational Repository of Experiences (BORE)
BORE (Building an Organizational Repository of Experiences) is a prototype tool designed to further explore and refine the requirements for tools supporting experience-based approaches. Its purpose has been as a proof-of-concept prototype that is used to articulate organizational learning and experience-based software development techniques. The tool creates a framework for the experience factory by combining a work breakdown structure with repository tools for designing software process methodologies, and repository technology for capturing and applying knowledge artifacts. The BORE tool and methodology extends the experience factory concept through rule-based process tailoring, support for process modeling and enactment, and case-based organizational learning facilities. The BORE prototype is a Web-enabled application available at http://cse-ferg41.unl.edu/bore.html Click on the production version link and log in as ‘guest’ with no password. The website also contains further information and publications on BORE.