Towards Better Tool Support for Goal Models

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Towards Better Tool Support for Goal Models
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Eclipse-based Tool Integration

• Offer reusable Bells and Whistles from
• SWING Graph editor
• GEF Graph editor
• GMF Graph editor
  (generated)
• EMF XML editor
  (generated)
• OAW DSL editor (generated)
• Extensible using the plugin architecture
• Interoperable
• all editors can be used together
• with feature modeling tool
• with problem frames editor
• with business processes designer

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Editors for Goal Models

• Existing editor OME, TAOM4E
• 3 new editors
• Textual DSL for goal model language
• Can be edited using text editors
• Syntax highlighting and checking
• - Adds some syntax sugars to the abstract syntax
• XML XMI for goal models
• Can be edited using tree editors
• Conform to metamodel (abstract syntax)
• Graph for goal graphs
• Intuitive editing
• Zoom In/Out, Layout, Print, etc.
• Can combine with other editors (e.g., property
  sheets)

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OME editor for goal graphs
Diagram editor(SWING-based)
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TAOM editor for goal graphs
Diagram editor(GEF-based)
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q7dsl text editor for goal models
DSL editor
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pfdsl xmi editor
XML editor
Property sheet
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goalmodel_diagram
Palettes
Layout, zoom
Goal model
Properties sheet
Birds eye view
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Where to Download ?

• URL http//mcs.open.ac.uk/yy66/tool/java/istar
• Users of the tools need
• RCP openome-rcp-1.0.0.vltqualifiergt.zip
• JRE1.5.x jre1.5.0_10.zip
• qualifier yyyymmddhhmm
• Developers of the tools need
• IDE openome-ide-1.0.0.zip
• SDK openome-sdk-1.0.0.ltqualifiergt.zip
• JDK1.5.x jdk1.5.0_09.zip

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Problem space tools integration

• tools around Eclipse
• Goal modeling tools from U of TorontoOpenOME,
  TAOM4E, REDEPEND,
• Feature modeling tools from U of WaterlooFMP,
  Pure Variants, etc.
• Problem frames tools from The Open University
• View problem in multiple perspectives

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with business process (BPEL)
BPEL editor
Goal editor
BPEL outline
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with feature models (fmp)
Feature Model
Feature Metamodel
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pfdsl_diagram editor
Layout, zoom
Palettes
Birds eye view
Properties sheet