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The following two chapters provide a good overview of OPEN. They are reproduced here with permission from Handbook of Object Technology (ed. S. Zamir). Copyright CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida copyright 1999. For order information call (in the USA) 800 272 7737 or access the CRC Press website.

Bullet OPEN: The first full lifecycle, third generation OO method

Chapter 2 from Handbook of Object Technology (ed. S. Zamir), 1999, CRC Press (+ figures)

Bullet The OPEN process (tasks, techniques, and management)

Chapter 3 from Handbook of Object Technology (ed. S. Zamir), 1999, CRC Press (+ figures)


Articles available here


1996

Bullet OPEN: toward method convergence?

IEEE Computer, 29(4), 86-89 (+ figures)

Bullet The OPEN methodology

Object Magazine, Volume 6 part 9, pp 56-59, November 1996, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet The OPEN alternative

Object Expert, Volume 2 part 1, pp 14-15, Nov/Dec 1996, SIGS Publications (+ figures)


1997

Bullet Cooking up improved software quality

Object Magazine, Volume 7 part 8, pp 38-42, October 1997, SIGS Publications

Bullet OML metamodel: relationships and state modelling

Journal of Object-Oriented Programming (ROAD), Volume 10 part 1, pp 47-51, March/April 1997, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Methods unification: the OPEN methodology

Journal of Object-Oriented Programming (ROAD), Volume 10 part 2, pp 41-43, 55, May 1997, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet The benefits of Common Object Modeling Notation

Journal of Object-Oriented Programming (ROAD), Volume 10 part 5, pp 28-34, Sept 1997, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet OPEN re-engineering

Procs ESEC/FSE '97 Workshop on Object-Oriented Reengineering (eds. S. Demeyer and H. Gall), Technical Report TUV-1841-97-10, Technical University of Vienna, 1997

Bullet OPEN relationships - compositions and containments

JOOP/ROAD, Volume 10 part 7, pp 51-55, 72, Nov/Dec 1997, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Towards the formalization of relationships for object modelling

TOOLS 25 (eds. C. Mingins, R. Duke and B. Meyer), IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 267-284


1998

Bullet OPEN relationships - associations, mappings, dependencies, and uses

JOOP/ROAD, Volume 10 part 9, pp 49-57, Feb 1998, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Clarifying specialized forms of association in UML and OML

JOOP/ROAD, Volume 11 part 2, pp 47-50, May 1998, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Upgrading OML to Version 1.1: Part 1 - Referential relationships

JOOP/ROAD, Volume 11 part 3, pp 48-57, June 1998, SIGS Publications

Bullet Upgrading OML to Version 1.1: Part 2 - Additional concepts and notation

JOOP/ROAD, Volume 11 part 5, pp 61-67, Sept 1998, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Object-oriented project management: the need for process

Manager column for IEEE Software, 14(4), 96-97

Bullet Relationship metamodelling in object technology

Procs Second Workshop on Rigorous Object-Oriented Methods (ROOM2), University of Bradford, UK, 1998

Bullet Notations are not enough

Procs STJA 98: Objektorientierte Sprachen, Konzepte und Systeme (ed. W. Gens), 1998, 84-89

Bullet OO diagram connectivity

JOOP/ROAD, Volume 11 part 7, pp 60-68, Nov/Dec 1998, SIGS Publications (+ figures)


1999

Bullet A methodological metamodel of process

JOOP/ROAD, Volume 11 part 9, pp 56-58, Feb 1999, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Metalevel relationship cardinalities

JOOP, Volume 12 part 1, 51-58, March/April 1999, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Instantiating the process metamodel

JOOP, Volume 12 part 3, 51-57, June 1999, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet What is this thing called aggregation?

TOOLS29 (eds. R. Mitchell, A.C. Wills, J. Bosch and B. Meyer), IEEE Computer Society Press, 216-230

Bullet Tailoring process-focussed OO methods

JOOP, Volume 12 part 4, 40-44, 59, July/August 1999, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Existing OO process-focussed methods: a critique of RUP and OPEN from a PM perspective

(presented at Project Management workshop at TOOLS 30: Santa Barbara, August 1999) (+ figures)

Bullet Viewing the OML as a variant of the UML

UML'99 - The Unified Modeling Language. Beyond the Standard (eds. R. France and B. Rumpe), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1723, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 49-66

Bullet Black and white diamonds

UML'99 - The Unified Modeling Language. Beyond the Standard (eds. R. France and B. Rumpe), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1723, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 550-565

Bullet Improvements to the OPEN process metamodel

JOOP, Volume 12 part 7, 30-35, Nov/Dec 1999, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet Object metamodelling of the whole-part relationship

TOOLS 32 (ed. C. Mingins and B. Meyer), IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 127-138


2000

Bullet OPEN is the objective

(published in ObjectiveView, Issue 4, March 2000 and obtainable from www.ratio.co.uk)

Bullet The OPEN framework for enhancing productivity

IEEE Software, 17(2), 53-58 (+ figures)

Bullet Process and product life cycles: OPEN's version 2 life cycle model

JOOP, Volume 13 part 1, 23-26, 39, March 2000, 101/SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet The OPEN software engineering process architecture: from activities to techniques

Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, 32(1), 47-68, 2000, Australian Computer Society.

Bullet OPEN and RUP: how do they compare?

JOOP, Volume 13 part 4, 35-38, July/August 2000, 101/SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet OPEN-ing up the UML

Procs. SMT2000 Conference, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA

Bullet Object-oriented methods and processes

Procs. SMT2000 Conference, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA

Bullet Third generation OO processes: a critique of RUP and OPEN from a project management perspective

Procs. APSEC 2000, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, USA

Bullet Creating a process for transitioning to object technology

Procs. APSEC 2000, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, USA

Bullet Business engineering: is process the key?

JOOP, Volume 13 part 7, 37-42 (Nov 2000), 101/SIGS Publications

Bullet To meta or not to meta - that is the question,

Atkinson, C., Kuhne, T. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2000, JOOP/ROAD, 13(8), 32-35 (Dec 2000) 101/SIGS Publications


2001

Bullet Some problems with the UML V1.3 metamodel

HICSS 2001 minitrack on "Unified Modeling Language: A critical review and suggested future", IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA

Bullet UML-compatible processes

HICSS 2001 minitrack on "Unified Modeling Language: A critical review and suggested future", IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA


2004

Bullet Process construction and customization

Henderson-Sellers, B., Serour, M., McBride, T., Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Dagher, L., 2004, Journal of Universal Computer Science


2005

Bullet An etymological and metamodel-based evaluation of the terms "goals and tasks" in agent-oriented methodologies

Henderson-Sellers, B., Tran, N. and Debenham, J., 2005, J. Object Technology, 4(2), 131-150

Bullet Templates and resources in software development methodologies

Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, J. Object Technol., 4(4), 173-190

Bullet Connecting powertypes and stereotypes

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Gonzalez-Perez, C., 2005, J. Object Technol., 4, Sept/Oct 2005


Papers on the COMMA project

Bullet The COMMA project: first steps

Report on Object Analysis and Design, Volume 2 part 7, pp 49-52, May/June 1996, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet COMMA: Sample metamodels

Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, Volume 9 part 7, pp 44-48, Nov/Dec 1996, SIGS Publications (+ figures)

Bullet COMMA: Proposed core model

Journal of Object-Oriented Programming (ROAD), Volume 9 part 8, pp 48-53, Jan 1997, SIGS Publications (+ figures)


Other published papers and chapters in books

To obtain a copy of any of the following papers, email brian@it.uts.edu.au


1997

Bullet Choosing between OPEN and UML

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Firesmith, D.G., 1997, American Programmer, 10(3), 15-23

Bullet Using object-oriented techniques to model the lifecycle for OO software development

Henderson-Sellers, B., Graham, I.M., Swatman, P., Winder, R. and Reenskaug, T., 1997, Procs. OOIS '96, Springer-Verlag, 211-220

Bullet OPEN project management

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Due, R.T., 1997, invited article for Object Expert (Jan 1997), 2(2), 30-35

Bullet The OPEN heart

Henderson-Sellers, B., Graham, I.M., Firesmith, D., Reenskaug, T., Swatman, P. and Winder,R., Procs. TOOLS 21 (eds. C. Mingins, R. Duke and B. Meyer), TOOLS/ISE, 187-196

Bullet Associations considered a bad thing

Graham, I., Bischof, J. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 1997, Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, 9(9), 41-48


1998

Bullet OML: proposals to enhance UML

Henderson-Sellers, B., 1998, The Unified Modeling Language. UML'98: Beyond the Notation (eds. J. Bezivin and P-A. Muller), LNCS Volume 1618, Springer-Verlag, 349-364


1999

Bullet Adapting the OPEN methodology for web development

Lin, M. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 1999, "Methodologies for Developing and Managing Emerging Technology Based Information Systems" (Procs Sixth Annual Conference of BCS Information Systems Methodology Specialist Group), edited by A.T. Wood-Harper, N. Jayaratna and J.R.G. Woods), Springer-Verlag, 117-129

Bullet Comparing OPEN and UML: the two third generation OO development approaches

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Firesmith, D.G., 1999, Information and Software Technology, 41, 139-156

Bullet A survey of the UML's aggregation/composition relationships

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Barbier, F., 1999, L'objet, 5(3-4), 339-366

Bullet A requirements engineering process for OPEN development

Fowler, D., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Swatman, P., 1999, Procs. Volume One, 10th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS), Wellington, New Zealand (eds. B. Hope and P. Yoong), Victoria University of Wellington, 332-343


2000

Bullet An ontological evaluation of the OML metamodel

Opdahl, A., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Barbier, F., 2000, in Information System Concepts: An Integrated Discipline Emerging (eds. E.D. Falkenberg, K. Lyytinen and A.A. Verrijn-Stuart), Kluwer, 217-232

Bullet Object modelling languages: an evaluation and some key expectations for the future

Barbier, F. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2000, Annals of Software Engineering, 10(1-4), 67-101

Bullet The whole-part relationship in object modelling: a definition in cOlOr

Barbier, F. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2000, Inf. Soft. Technol., 43(1), 19-39


2001

Bullet Grounding the OML metamodel in ontology

Opdahl, A., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Barbier, F., 2001, J. Systems Software, 57(2), 119-14

Bullet The whole-part relationship in object-oriented modelling

Barbier, F., Henderson-Sellers, B., Opdahl, A. and Gogolla, M., 2001, chapter in Unified Modeling Language: Systems Analysis, Design, and Development Issues (eds. K. Siau and T. Halpin), Idea Group Publishings

Bullet An OPEN process for component-based development

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2001, invited chapter (Chapter 23) for Component-Based Software Engineering: Putting the Pieces Together (eds. G.T. Heineman and W. Councill), Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, USA

Bullet Adding CBD to OPEN

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2001, JOOP, 13(12), 24-28, 101/SIGS Publications

Bullet Adding web support to OPEN

Henderson-Sellers, B., Haire, B. and Lowe, D., 2001, JOOP, 14(3), 34-38, 101/SIGS Publications

Bullet OPEN to change: addressing web development process differences

Lowe, D. and Henderson-Sellers, Cutter IT Journal, 14(7), 11-17

Bullet Supporting web development in the OPEN process: additional tasks,

Haire, B., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Lowe, D., 2001, Procs. COMPSAC 2001

Bullet Enhancing the OPF repository

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2001, JOOP, 14(4), 10-12, 22, 101/SIGS Publications

Bullet A qualitative comparison of two processes for object-oriented software development

Henderson-Sellers, B., Due, R.T., Graham, I. and Collins, G., 2001, Information and Software Technology, 43(12), 705-724

Bullet Ontological analysis of whole-part relationships in OO models

Opdahl, A.L., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Barbier, F., 2001, Information and Software Technology, 43(6), 387-399

Bullet Improving the UML metamodel to rigorously specify aggregation and composition

Bruel, J.-M., Henderson-Sellers, B., Barbier, F., Le Parc, A. and France, R.B., 2001, OOIS 2001 (eds. Y. Wang, S. Patel and R.H. Johnston), Springer-Verlag, London, 5-14


2002

Bullet The use of subtypes and stereotypes in the UML model

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2002, Journal of Database Management, 13(2), 43-50

Bullet OPEN process support for web development

Henderson-Sellers, B., Lowe, D. and B. Haire, 2002, Annals of Software Engineering, 13, 163-201

Bullet Ontological evaluation of the UML using the Bunge-Wand-Weber model

Opdahl, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2002, Software and Systems Modelling, 1(1), 43-67

Bullet Process metamodelling and process construction: examples using the OPEN Process Framework (OPF)

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2002, Annals of Software Engineering, 14, 341-362

Bullet Supporting web development in the OPEN process: additional roles and techniques

Haire, B., Lowe, D. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2002, Object-Oriented Information Systems (eds. Z. Bellahsene, D. Patel and C. Rolland), LNCS 2425, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 82-94

Bullet Organizational transition to object technology: theory and practice

Serour, M., Henderson-Sellers, B., Hughes, J., Winder, D. and Chow, L., 2002, Object-Oriented Information Systems (eds. Z. Bellahsene, D. Patel and C. Rolland), LNCS 2425, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 229-241

Bullet Sizing use cases: how to create a standard metrical approach

Henderson-Sellers, B., Zowghi, D., Klemola, T. and Parasuram, S., 2002, Object-Oriented Information Systems (eds. Z. Bellahsene, D. Patel and C. Rolland), LNCS 2425, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 409-421

Bullet Using OPEN's deontic matrices for e-business

Henderson-Sellers, B., Haire, B. and Lowe, D., 2002, Engineering Information Systems in the Internet Context (eds. C. Rolland, S. Brinkkemper and M. Saeki), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, USA, 9-30

Bullet Analysis of UML stereotypes within the UML metamodel

Gogolla, M. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2002, UML 2002 - The Unified Modeling Language (eds. J.-M. Jezequel, H. Hussman and S. Cook), LNCS Volume 2460, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 84-99

Bullet Stereotypical encounters of the third kind

Atkinson, C., Kuhne, T. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2002, in UML 2002 - The Unified Modeling Language (eds. J.-M. Jezequel, H. Hussman and S. Cook), LNCS Volume 2460, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 100-114

Bullet Web extensions to UML: using the MVC triad

Henderson-Sellers, B., Lowe, D. and Gu, A., 2002, Conceptual Modeling - ER 2002 (eds. Spaccapietra, S., March, S.T. and Kambayashi, Y.), LNCS Volume 2503, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 105-119

Bullet The role of organizational culture on the adoption and diffusion of software engineering process: an empirical study

Serour, M.K. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2002, The Adoption and Diffusion of IT in an Environment of Critical Change (eds. D. Bunker, D. Wilson and S. Elliot), IFIP/Pearson, Frenchs Forest, Australia, 76-88


2003

Bullet Designing agent-based process systems - extending the OPEN Process Framework

Debenham, J. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2003, Chapter VIII in Intelligent Agent Software Engineering (ed. V. Plekhanova), Idea Group Publishing, 160-190

Bullet Towards OPEN methodological support for agent-oriented systems development

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Debenham, J., 2003, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Agent-Based Technologies and Systems (eds. B.H. Far, S. Rochefort and M. Moussavi), University of Calgary, Canada, 14-24

Bullet Evaluating the potential for integrating the OPEN and Tropos metamodels

Henderson-Sellers, B., Giorgini, P. and Bresciani, P., 2003, Procs. SERP '03} (eds. B. Al-Ani, H.R. Arabnia and Y. Mun), CSREA Press, Las Vegas, USA, 992-995

Bullet Usage-Centered Design (UCD) and the OPEN Process Framework (OPF)

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Hutchison, J., 2003, Performance by Design. Procs. forUSE2003, Second International Conference on Usage-Centered Design} (ed. L.L. Constantine), Ampersand Press, Rowley, MA, USA, 171--196

Bullet Towards automated support for method engineering with the OPEN Process Framework

Nguyen, V.P. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2003, Procs. Seventh IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (ed. M.H Hamza), ACTA Press, Anaheim, CA, USA, 691-696

Bullet OPENPC: a tool to automate aspects of method engineering

Nguyen, V.P. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2003, ICSSEA 2003. 16th International Conference on Software and Systems Engineering and their Applications}, ICSSEA 2003, Paris, France, Volume 5, 7pp

Bullet Formalization of the whole-part relationship in the Unified Modeling Language,

Barbier, F., Henderson-Sellers, B., Le Parc-Lacayrelle, A. and Bruel, J.-M., 2003, IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 29(5), 459-470

Bullet Systematic stereotype usage

Atkinson, C., Kuehne, T. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2003, Software and System Modelling, 2(3), 153-163

Bullet Method engineering for OO system development,

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2003, Comm. ACM, 46(10), 73-78


2004

Bullet Incorporating the elements of the MASE methodology into Agent OPEN

Tran, Q.-N.N., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Debenham, J., 2004, Procs. ICEIS 2004 - Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (eds. I. Seruca, J. Cordeiro, S. Hammoudi and J. Filipe), INSTICC Press, Volume 4, 380-388

Bullet Controversies about the black and white diamonds

Barbier, F. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2004, correspondence, Trans. Software Eng., 29(11), 1055

Bullet Adding agent-oriented concepts derived from Gaia to Agent OPEN

Henderson-Sellers, B., Debenham, J. and Tran, N., 2004, Advanced Information Systems Engineering. 16th International Conference, CAiSE 2004, Riga, Latvia, June 2004 Proceedings (eds. A. Persson and J. Stirna), LNCS 3084, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 98-111

Bullet Creating the OOSPICE model architecture - a case of reuse

Henderson-Sellers, B., Bohling, J. and Rout, T., 2004, Software Process Improvement and Practice, 8(1)

Bullet Enhancing Agent OPEN with concepts used in the Tropos methodology

Henderson-Sellers, B., Giorgini, P. and Bresciani, P., 2004, Procs. ESAW'03 (Engineering Societies in the Agents World), LNAI Volume 3071, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 328-345

Bullet Influence of key socio-cultural factors on organizations undergoing e-transformation

Serour, M.K. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2004, Procs. IBIM 2004, Amman, July 4-6 2004

Bullet Empowering a software development team with a new methodology: a case study of e-government in Australia

Serour, M.K. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Procs. IBIM, Amman, Jordan, 4-6 July 2004

Bullet Organizational aspects of transformation to e-business: a case study

Serour, M.K. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2004, Procs. IADIS International Conference e-Society 2004, Avila, Spain, July 16-19, 2004

Bullet Roles and teams in a method engineering framework

Dagher, L.M., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Serour, M.K., Procs. EMCIS 2004, 25-27 July 2004, Tunis

Bullet Method engineering, the OPEN Process Framework and Cassiopeia

Henderson-Sellers, B., Tran, Q.-N.N. and Debenham, J., 2004, Procs. of The Symposium on Professional Practice in AI, AIAI 2004 (IFIP WG12.6 - First IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations), Toulouse, France, August 22-27 2004, Kluwer

Bullet OPEN for agility: a case study of introducing method engineering into a government sector

Serour, M.K., Dagher, L., Prior, J. and Henderson-Sellers, B., ISD 2004, Vilnius, 9-11 September 2004

Bullet Introducing agility: a case study of situational method engineering using the OPEN Process Framework

Serour, M.K. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Procs. COMPSAC, Hong Kong, September 28-30 2004

Bullet Un outil d'aide a l'ingenierie de methodes reposant sur l'approche OPEN

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Nguyen, V.P., 2004, Genie Logiciel, 70, 17-28

Bullet Incorporating elements from CAMLE in the OPEN repository

Gonzalez-Perez, C., Henderson-Sellers, B., Debenham, J., Low, G.C. and Tran, Q.-N.N., 2004, IIP, Beijing, 21-23 October 2004


2005

Bullet Incorporating elements from the Prometheus agent-oriented methodology in the OPEN Process Framework

Henderson-Sellers, B., Tran, Q.-N.N. and Debenham, J., N., 2004, Agent-Oriented Systems II, Springer, LNAI 3508, 140-156

Bullet A metamodel for assesable software development methodologies

Gonzalez-Perez, C., McBride, T. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Software Quality Journal, 13, 195-214

Bullet A comparison of four process metamodels and the creation of a new generic "standard"

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Gonzalez-Perez, C., 2005, Inf. Software Technol., 47(1), 49-65

Bullet Agent-oriented information systems development using OPEN and the Agent Factory

Henderson-Sellers, B., Tran, Q.-N.N., Debenham, J. and Gonzalez-Perez, C., 2005, Procs. ISD 2004, Vilnius, 9-11 September 2004, Springer, 149-160

Bullet From object-oriented to agent-oriented software engineering methodologies

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, invited chapter for Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems --- Volume III (eds. A. Garcia, R. Choren, C. Lucena and A. Romanovsky), LNCS 3390, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1-18

Bullet Agent-oriented methodologies: an introduction

Giorgini, P. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Chapter 1 in Agent-Oriented Methodologies (eds. B. Henderson-Sellers and P. Giorgini), Idea Group

Bullet Creating a comprehensive agent-oriented methodology - using method engineering and the OPEN metamodel

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Chapter 13 in Agent-Oriented Methodologies (eds. B. Henderson-Sellers and P. Giorgini), Idea Group

Bullet Applying syntax, semantics and aesthetic checks to verifying and validating the quality of UML models

Unhelkar, B. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Procs. IRMA 2005

Bullet The rationale of powertype-based metamodelling to underpin software development methodologies

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Gonzalez-Perez, C., 2005, invited paper for APCCM 2005, University of Newcastle, January 2005, Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, 43 (eds. S. Hartmann and M. Stumptner), Australian Computer Society, 7-16

Bullet A Unified Modeling Language without referential redundancy

Opdahl, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Data and Knowledge Engineering, 55(3), 277-300

Bullet Organizational models and interaction patterns for use in the analysis and design of multi-agent systems

Jiao, W., Debenham, J. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, 3(2), 67-83

Bullet Creating a dual agility method - the value of method engineering

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Serour, M.K., 2005, Journal of Database Management, 16(4), 1-24

Bullet Conceptual modelling within the MAS-CommonKADS plus OPEN method engineering approach

Tran, Q.-N.N., Henderson-Sellers, B., Debenham, J. and Gonzalez-Perez, C., 2005, Procs ICITA, Sydney July 4-7 2005, IEEE Computer Society, 29-34

Bullet Method engineering and COTS evaluation

Henderson-Sellers, B., Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Serour, M.K., 2005, Second International Workshop on Models and Processes for the Evaluation of off-the-shelf Components (MPEC'05), ICSE, St Louis, May 2005

Bullet Synthesis of a generic MAS metamodel

Beydoun, G., Gonzalez-Perez, C., Low, G. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, SELMAS2005, ICSE, St Louis, May 2005, IEEE Digital Library, 27-31

Bullet Supporting ONME with a method engineering framework

Pastor, O., Molina, J.C. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, SWDC-REK, Reykjavik, Iceland, May 27 - June 1 2005, 195-208

Bullet Resistance to adoption of an OO software engineering process: an empirical study

Serour, M.K. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Procs. EMCIS2005, Cairo, 1-14

Bullet Towards method engineering for multi-agent systems: a preliminary validation of a generic MAS metamodel

Beydoun, G., Gonzalez-Perez, C., Low, G. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Procs. AOSDM'2005 at SEKE'05, 51-56

Bullet Using the OPEN process framework to produce a situation-specific requirements engineering method

Zowghi, D., Firesmith, D.G. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Proceedings SREP05, Paris, 59-74

Bullet UML - the good, the bad or the ugly? Perspectives from a panel of experts

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Software and Systems Modelling, 4(1), 4-13

Bullet Evaluating the feasibility of method engineering for the creation of agent-oriented methodologies

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Procs. CEEMAS 2005, Budapest, Hungary, LNAI 3690, Springer-Verlag, 142-152

Bullet A representation-theoretical analysis of the OMG modelling suite,

Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques, IOS Press, 252-262

Bullet Preliminary basis for an ontology-based methodological approach for multi-agent systems

Beydoun, G., Tran, N., Low, G. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2005, Perspectives in Conceptual Modeling: ER2005 Workshops Klagenfurt, Austria, October 24-28, 2005. LNCS 3770, Springer, 131-140

Bullet Echoes? Structured Design and Modern Software Practices

Fraser, S., Beck, K., Booch, G., Constantine, L., Henderson-Sellers, B., McConnell, S., Wirfs-Brock, R. and Yourdon, E., 2005, OOPSLA'05 Conference Companion, ACM Press, 383-386


2006

Bullet Measuring agility and adoptability of agile methods: a 4-dimensional analytical tool

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2006, Procs. IADIS International Conference Applied Computing 2006, IADIS Press, 503-507

Bullet A powertype-based metamodelling framework

Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2006, Software and Systems Modelling, 5(1), 72-90, DOI 10.1007/210270-005-0099-9

Bullet Developing and evaluating a generic metamodel for MAS work products

Beydoun, G., Gonzalez-Perez, C., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Low, G.C., 2006, Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems IV: Research Issues and Practical Applications, LNCS 3914, Springer, 126-142

Bullet A metamodelling-based approach for method fragment comparison

Cossentino, M., Gaglio, S., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Seidita, V., 2006, CAiSE06. Proceedings of the Workshops and Doctoral Consortium 419-432

Bullet Augmenting an existing software development process with a team building activity: a case study

Serour, M.K., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Dagher, L., 2006, Proceedings EMCIS2006

Bullet Comparative evaluation of XP and Scrum using the 4D Analytical Tool (4-DAT)

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2006, Proceedings EMCIS2006

Bullet Method engineering: theory and practice

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2006, Procs. ISTA 2006. May 30-31. Klagenfurt, Austria Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI) Proceedings, Volume P-84, 13-23

Bullet SPI - a role for method engineering

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2006, Proceedings 32nd EUROMICRO Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA), IEEE Computer Society Press, 4-5

Bullet An ontology for software development methodologies and endeavours

Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Chapter 4 in Ontologies in Software Engineering and Software Technology, Springer 123-152

Bullet Crystallization of agility: back to basics

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Procs. ICSOFT, Setubal, Portugal, 11-14 September 2006

Bullet Uses and abuses of the stereotype mechanism in UML1.4 and 2.0

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Gonzalez-Perez, C., 2006, Procs. MoDELS2006, Genova, 1-6 October, 2006, LNCS 4199, Springer, 16-26.

Bullet On the ease of extending a powertype-based methodology metamodel

Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Meta-modelling and Ontologies. Procs. 2nd Workshop on Metamodelling WoMM2006, LNI Volume 96, 11-25

Bullet A framework to support non-fragile agile agent-oriented software development

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques. Procs. Fifth SoMeT, Quebec, 25-27 October 2006, IOS Press, 84-100

Bullet Identification of reusable method fragments from the PASSI agent-oriented methodology

Henderson-Sellers, B., Debenham, J., Tran, N., Cossentino, M. and Low, G., 2006, Procs. AOIS2005 LNAI 3529, Springer, 95-110

Bullet Foundations of ontology-based MAS methodologies

Beydoun, G., Tran, N., Low, G. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2006, Procs. AOIS2005 LNAI 3529, Springer, 111-123


2007

Bullet Improving agile software development by the application of method engineering practices

Henderson-Sellers, B., Serour, M.K., Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Qumer, A., 2007, Procs. IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering (ed. W. Hasselbring), ACTA Press, Calgary, 55-60

Bullet A method engineering approach to developing aspect-oriented modelling processes based on the OPEN Process Framework

Henderson-Sellers, B., France, R., Georg, G. and Reddy, R., 2007, Inf. Software Technol., 49(7), 761-773, doi:10.1016/jinfsof.2006.08.003

Bullet Modelling software development methodologies: a conceptual foundation

Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Henderson-Sellers, B., Journal of Systems and Software, 80(11), 1788-1796 doi:10.1016/j.jss.2007.02.048

Bullet A comparison of deontic matrices, maps and activity diagrams for the construction of situational methods

Seidita, V., Ralyte, J., Henderson-Sellers, B., Cossentino, M. and Arni-Bloch, N., 2007, Procs. CAiSE Forum, Trondheim, June 2007

Bullet Situational method engineering: chunks or fragments?

Henderson-Sellers, B., Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Ralyte, J., 2007, Procs. CAiSE Forum, Trondheim, June 2007

Bullet An agile toolkit to support agent-oriented and service-oriented computing mechanisms

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2007, Product-Focused Software Process Improvement 8th International Conference, PROFES 2007, Riga, Latvia, July 2007 proceedings (eds. J. Munch and P. Abrahamsson), LNCS4589, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 222-236

Bullet Modelling MAS specific security features

Beydoun, G., Low, G., Mouratidis, H. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2007, CAiSE'07 Proceedings of Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, Vol. 1 (eds. B. Pernici and J.A. Gulla), 183-192

Bullet Method fragments to support collaborative teamwork for software development projects,

Tran N. Henderson-Sellers, B. and Hawryszkiewycz, I., 2007, Procs. EMCIS 2007 , The Information Institute, Brunel University

Bullet Six aspects of an agile software development methodology,

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2007, Procs. EMCIS 2007 The Information Institute, Brunel University

Bullet Agile adoption and improvement model,

Qumer, A., Henderson-Sellers, B. and McBride, T., 2007, Procs. EMCIS2007 The Information Institute, Brunel University

Bullet ASOP: an agile service-oriented process,

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2007, New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques. Proceedings of the sixth SoMeT_07 (eds. H. Fujita and D. Pisanelli), IOS Press, 83-92

Bullet Modularization constructs in method engineering: towards common ground?

Agerfalk, P.J., Brinkkemper, S., Gonzalez-Perez, C., Henderson-Sellers, B., Karlsson, F., Kelly, S. and Ralyte, J., 2007, in Situational Method Engineering: Fundamentals and Experiences. Proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference, 12-14 September 2007, Geneva, Switzerland (eds. J. Ralyte, S. Brinkkemper and B. Henderson-Sellers), IFIP Series, Vol.244, Springer, Berlin, 359-368

Bullet Construction of an agile software product enhancement process by using an agile software solution framework (ASSF) and situational method engineering,

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2007, Procs. 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, Beijing, China, 23-27 July 2007 Volume 1 (ed. S. Ceballos), IEEE Computer Society, 539-542

Bullet On the challenges of correctly using metamodels in method engineering,

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2007, keynote paper in New Trends in Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques. Proceedings of the sixth SoMeT_07 (eds. H. Fujita and D. Pisanelli), IOS Press, 3-35


2008

Bullet Agent-oriented methods and method engineering

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2008, chapter in AMCIS volume (ed. K. Siau)

Bullet Engineering object and agent methodologies

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2008, keynote chapter in Post-Proceedings ICSOFT2006 (ed. J. Filipe)

Bullet An evaluation of the degree of agility in six agile methods and its applicability for method engineering

Qumer, A. and Henderson-Sellers, B., 2008, Information and Software Technology, 50(4), 280-295, doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.002

Bullet Comparing collaborative and process semantics for cooperative information systems,

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Hawryszkiewycz, I.T., 2008, Int. J. Cooperative Information Systems, 17(2), 155-176 available at http://www.worldscinet.com/ijcis/17/1702/S02188430081702.html

Bullet Comparison of method chunks and method fragments for situational method engineering,

Henderson-Sellers, B., Gonzalez-Perez, C. and Ralyte, J., 2008, Proceedings 19th Australian Software Engineering Conference. ASWEC2008, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, 479-488

Bullet Concepts, method engineering and future standardization for AOSE,

Henderson-Sellers, B., 2008, selected position statement for FOSE-MAS 2008 panel, AAMAS 2008, Estoril, Portugal, 12-16 May 2008 (available on website at http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~danny/fose-mas/abstracts/)

Bullet Some method fragments for agile software development,

Tran, Q.N.N., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Hawyrszkiewycz, I.T., 2008, Chapter XVI in Handbook of Research on Modern Systems Analysis and Design Technologies (ed. M.R. Syed), IGI, Hershey, PA, USA, 235-255

Bullet Agile method fragments and construction validation,

Tran, Q.N.N., Henderson-Sellers, B. and Hawyrszkiewycz, I.T., 2008, Chapter XVII in Handbook of Research on Modern Systems Analysis and Design Technologies (ed. M.R. Syed), IGI, Hershey, PA, USA, 256-283

Bullet Standardizing methodology metamodelling and notation: an ISO exemplar,

Henderson-Sellers, B. and Gonzalez-Perez, C., 2008, invited keynote paper in Information Systems and e-Business Technologies (eds. R.Kaschek, C. Kop, C. Steinberger and G. Fliedl), Springer LNBIP 5, 1-12


Other unpublished and web papers

Bullet The ins and outs of process construction, Henderson-Sellers, B. and Hein, M., 2003, Cutter IT Journal email advisory service, 3 September 2003
Bullet Existing OO process-focussed methods: a critique of RUP and OPEN from a PM perspective, presented at TOOLS USA '99 Workshop on "Project Management of Object-Oriented Developed Systems", Santa Barbara 1-5 August 1999 (+ figures)
Bullet Third generation OO processes: are they ready for the new millennium (accepted for OOPSLA workshop which was later cancelled, Denver 1999)
Bullet Evaluating and improving OO modelling languages using the BWW-model (from Proceedings of the Information Systems Foundations Workshop on Ontology, Semiotics and Practice 1999)
Bullet Monthly column on OPEN

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