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This paper describes an approach to the management of resources. The paper suggests that a resource should be viewed as a provider of a set of capabilities, where that set may vary over time and with circumstances. This view of resources is defined and then made the basis for the architecture of a system for storing, managing, and assigning resources. The ROMEO prototype resource management system is presented as an example of how this architecture can be instantiated. Some case studies of the use of ROMEO are presented and used to evaluate the architecture, the ROM-EO prototype, and our view of the nature of resources.

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The mission of the STARS program is to stimulate and accelerate the transition into practice of productivity-and quaiity-enhancing benefits from emerging software pro ce ss and reuse technologies.Process technology development and transfer activities in STARS are organized to present a conceptual model [see Figure 1] of process insertion, usage, and improvement that will achieve process-driven development in organizations developing criticai software systems. This model addnmes the interactions between major participants in processprocess definers, process users, process improvers, and those responsible for institutionaiizing effective processes. Key constituents of the model (and hence, activities in STARS) are a process asset library, process definition technology, process enactment (use) support, process measurement technology, and process evolution concepts. The SEI'S process concepts provide the context and industry expectations for process technology which STARS is fostering, and the SEI leads the joint STARS/SEI process Asset Library activity.STARS emphasizes automated support for process technology (meaning tools supporting the emerging role of process engineer) in evolving, commercially supported software engineering environments. Because Ada systems development is the primary target of STARS technology, STARS is sponsoring formaiizations of Ada process models and reuse processes that take advantage of Ada. Figure 1. Process-Driven Development Conceptual Model 1

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