FUNCTIONALITY AND ARCHITECTURE OF PSEES

Process-centred Software Engineering Environments (PSEEs) are environm ents in which there is an explicit definition of the process to be fol lowed during software development. This definition-called the process model-can be interpreted (or enacted) to provide the environment's use r with guidance, support and, whenever possible and convenient, automa tion. Several PSEEs have been developed and are being used in trial se ttings. This paper discusses the functionality and architecture of the se environments. It also outlines open issues and future directions fo r the research and industrial community.