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AHEAD: A Graph-Based System for Modeling and Managing Development Processes

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Applications of Graph Transformations with Industrial Relevance (AGTIVE 1999)

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Management of development processes in different engineering disciplines is a challenging task. The AHEAD system addresses these challenges by providing an integrated environment for modeling and managing development processes. Products, activities, and resources are managed in an integrated way; furthermore, AHEAD supports evolving development processes by seamless interleaving of planning and execution. AHEAD is based on programmed graph transformations; tools are generated from a graph-based specification. Finally, a wide-spread object-oriented modeling language (UML) is employed for acquiring process knowledge from domain experts.

The work described in this paper was partially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Sonderforschungsbereich 476 “IMPROVE” and Graduiertenkolleg “Informatik und Technik”).

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  1. Department of Computer Science III, Aachen University of Technology, D-52056, Aachen, Germany

    Dirk Jäger, Ansgar Schleicher & Bernhard Westfechtel

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Jäger, D., Schleicher, A., Westfechtel, B. (2000). AHEAD: A Graph-Based System for Modeling and Managing Development Processes. In: Nagl, M., Schürr, A., Münch, M. (eds) Applications of Graph Transformations with Industrial Relevance. AGTIVE 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1779. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45104-8_26

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