Re-using Integration Patterns as Design Knowledge

Re-using Integration Patterns as Design Knowledge

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  Using EIPs asDesign Knowledge Karthikeyan Umapathy College of Computing, University of North Florida Sandeep Purao Enterprise Informatics and Integration Center Standards Interest Group, Socio-technical Systems Lab
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  Problem-Solving Situation X
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  ... by AnalogySituation Y Situation X
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  Patterns Pattern SituationY Situation X
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  Domains Conceptual modelingof Info Systems Coad, Purao, Storey, Han, Wohed, Johannesson Detailed design of information systems Gamma, Bansiya Legacy systems integration Hohpe and Woolfe, Umapathy, Purao
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  Using Patterns RequirementsConceptual Design Problem Description Design Solutions Pattern Purao and Storey (ER 1997) Purao (DataBase 1998) Purao, Han and Storey (ISR 2003)
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  Using Patterns IntegrationRequirements Design of Legacy Integration Solutions Pattern Problem Description Design Solutions Umapathy and Purao, Ongoing
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  Using EI PatternsPatterns Integration Requirements 23
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  EI Patterns withSA Codifying EI Patterns with Speech Acts Ack, Cancel, Direct, Fulfill, Inform, Propose, Query (drawing largely on Moore 2001, Johanneson 2001) Examples Request-Reply : [ Query/Direct ]+[ Inform ] Publish-Subscribe : [ Inform ]+[ any ]
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  Action Types inBPM Characterizing task types in BPM Accept with no receipt sent Reject with no receipt sent Declare completion of task Propose to perform task Request to cancel task ... and others drawing largely on the UML specs for activity types
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  Mapping Heuristics Twenty-five Simple If-Then Rules Leveraging speech act structures in the patterns-base and Action Type structures in the process fragment Multiple Firings Given an Action Type Structure for a Process Fragment, can result in multiple suggestions
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  ID Assist
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  Application Applied toseveral processes manually Speedy Rentals Scenario from IBM Interactions identified: 11 Rules invoked: 8 Unique patterns identified: 3
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  Empirical Results Design Support Task Size Errors, Effort Supported Size buckets tested make no difference
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  Interpretations Leveraging learningfrom design aid across tasks Understanding and facilitating learning for the designer within a design task Facilitating learning for the novice to become an expert across design tasks
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  Next Steps Lettinggo http://karthikeyan.umapathy.com/IDAssist/ Refining the Implementation Evaluation with practitioners of the trade Patterns as a Design / Learning Aid