Status Report: MORALE: Mission Oriented Architectural Legacy Evolution
Agreement/Contract Number: F30602-96-2-0229
For the period of: 4/1/98 - 6/30/98
PI Name, Spencer Rugaber
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280
E-mail: spencer@cc.gatech.edu
WWW Homepage: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/morale
Voice: 404-894-8450
FAX: 404-894-9442

1.0 Participants
 

Faculty:

Research Assistants: 2.0 Ongoing Research & Development
Our major activity during the spring quarter was prototype tool development in preparation for the Baltimore demonstrations. We plan to demonstrate the following six tools in Baltimore.
  • ISVis (Interactio Scenario Visualizer) - architectural extraction and localization tool
  • SIRRINE (Self-Improving Reflective Reasoner Integrating Noteworthy Experience ) - model-based diagnosis and adaption tool supporting the MESA process
  • SAAMPad - Architecture rationale capture tool supporting the SAAM process
  • VisEd - a general-purpose architecture visualization tool
  • MORPH - Model Oriented Reengineering Process for HCI - tools for analyzing and transforming user interface software
  • ACMEServer - infrastructure communications support tool for interfacing to ACMELib representations


    • In addition, progress has been made in the requirements area.
     

  • The ScenIC Guidebook has been substantially revised and extended.
  • A tutorial on requirements determination for evolving systems has been prepared and was delivered at ICSE in April, 1998.
  • Preliminary requirements for ScenIC View were prepared.
  • An interchange format, SCML-0 (scenario markup language 0) was specified.
    • 3.0 Notable Accomplishments & Technology Transition
  • We have begun a significant evaluation and technology transfer effort with Nortel's Atlanta development laboratory.  In particular, material on MORALE and ScenIC have been presented and a requirements elicitation exercise has commenced.
  • We have demonstrated the SAAM process and SAAMPad tool to interested collaborators at theArmy Research Lab and the Atlanta-based research lab of Nortel.
  • The underlying technology for SAAMPad has been successfully used in support of several educational technology projects both at Georgia Tech and at other universities.
    • 4.0 Progress on Inter/Intra Cluster Collaboration
  •   We have begun working with USC on integrating ScenIC and WinWin.

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    5.0 Publications
  • Six articles by MORALE participants have been accepted for publication this summer.


    • 6.0 Travel

    7.0 Miscellaneous/Administrative/Problematic Issues

    8.0 Plans For The Next Reporting Period

  • Participate in the Baltimore demos and continue tool development
  • Continue the Nortel MORALE evaluation and transition
  • Begin investigation of the architecture resolution problem in anticipation of building the REMORA tool component of the Esprit de Corps tool suite