How to assess a software process modeling formalism from a project member's point of view

An experimental framework for assessing process formalisms from project members' points of view is proposed. This framework is based on the goal/question/metric paradigm and uses role definitions to state the assessment goals. The assessment goals are then used to identify the information that must be supplied by a formalism to support a project role. The feasibility of this framework is demonstrated using the ISPW-6 software process example. A number of example roles are identified, and example hypotheses are derived for some of the formalisms used.<<ETX>>

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