ANEMONA Development Process

Abstract

The development process of a methodology includes a description of the subsequent development steps, the different activities the engineer has to do, the guidelines that guide the engineer in the process, and the products that have to be obtained from the process. In this chapter we describe ANEMONA in terms of these elements. In order to do so in a standardized fashion we will use the SPEM notation [134] for the ANEMONA development process and its components. A short overview of SPEM is presented in Sect. 6.1. In the following sections we will use a simplified real-life case study from a supply chain scenario in order to illustrate the development process. This scenario is from an automotive, transport and service company that provides equipment parts to its dealers through a network of distribution centers. Section 6.2 presents the requirement specification of this case study. The ANEMONA development process deals with the HMS modeling requirements by means of the abstract agent notion of Chap. 3, the notation presented in Chap. 5, and the development guidelines presented in this chapter.