Wikis4SE - Wikis For Software Engineering

From WikiSym 2008

Ademar Aguiar, Paulo Merson, Uri Dekel

Monday, September 8, 9:30-17:30 @ Room B005

Contents 1 Workshop 1.1 Who Attended 1.2 Abstract 1.3 Goals 1.4 Topics 1.5 How To Participate 1.6 Agenda 1.7 More information 1.8 Organizers 1.9 On Going Session

Workshop

Who Attended

• Ademar Aguiar
• Nuno Flores
• Simon Dueckert
• Joaquim Baptista (pxQuim)
• Raquel Frisa
• Stew Nickolas
• Luca Abeti
• Christoph Hannebauer
• Filipe Correia
• José Manuel García
• José Bonnet
• Andreas Rüping
• more attended but didn't signup here...

Abstract

The use of wikis in software engineering dates back to 1995, when Ward Cunningham created the first ever wiki as a platform for discussing patterns and software development efforts. The simplicity and effectiveness of wikis as a medium for collaborative authoring has lead to their vast popularity across many domains.

Goals

This workshop aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts interested in exploring the potential of wikis as an effective tool to support software engineering activities.

Specifically, it is an opportunity to:

• Learn from the knowledge and experience gained in using wikis for software engineering.
• Identify benefits and best practices.
• Identify limitations and challenges.
• Develop an agenda for future research and development to advance the state of the art.
• Initiate new collaborations between researchers and practitioners.

Topics

Examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

• Experience
  • Reports on experiences in using wikis to support software engineering.
  • Wikis in software engineering educational settings.
  • Practices and tips you would like to share.
  • Evaluation of specific wiki implementations and features.

• Integration
  • Integration of wikis with software engineering tools (IDEs, analysis, modeling, Q&A, configuration management, etc.).
  • Wikis as front-ends or as actual knowledge management platforms in software projects.
  • Wikis as plugins to software engineering tools.
  • Wikis as mashups for software artifacts and tools
  • Wikis as collaboration tools in global software development.
  • Wikis as social tools for software project communities.
  • Wikis as tools for agile software development

• Extensions and tools
  • Wiki engines with specialized support for software projects.
  • Specific markup languages for software development.
  • Tools based on wiki principles.
  • Mechanisms for preserving the semantic connection between wikis and software artifacts.

How To Participate

You are invited to submit a position paper or experience report of not more than 6 pages. Submissions will be reviewed for quality and relevance.

We are interested in a lively debate. If you're attending WikiSym but didn't submit a paper, you're also invited to join the workshop.

Agenda

Session 1: Wiki Infrastructure for Software Engineering

09:30-09:40 Introduction

09:40-10:10 "Wiquila – a Wiki rich client that mixes well with other sources of software project information" / Tim Romberg

10:10-10:40 "Experiences with a Wiki to Support Architectural Knowledge Sharing" / Rik Farenhorst

10:40-11:00 "WikiFix with (Tiki)Wiki" / Jose Bonnet

11:00-11:30 Coffe break

Session 2: Wikis for Requirement Engineering

11:30-12:00 "Wiki-based Requirements Management for Business Process Reengineering" / Luca Abeti

12:00-12:30 "Wiki Supported Collaborative Requirements Engineering" / David Ferreira

12:30-13:00 Discussion

13:00-14:00 Lunch

'Session 3: Wikis for Software Documentation

14:00-14:30 "Documenting the Mozilla Project: A Practical Example of Wikis in Open Source Documentation" / Eric Shepherd

14:30-15:00 "Extending and Integrating Wikis to Improve Software Documentation" / Filipe Figueiredo Correia

15:00-15:30 "Documentation Center: Simplifying the Documentation of Software Projects" / José Manuel García Alonso

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

Session 4: Wiki4SE Discussion and Open Space

16:00-17:30 Discussion in Open Space format

More information

See workshop website for more details.

Organizers

• Ademar Aguiar - University of Porto, Portugal
• Paulo Merson - Software Engineering Institute, USA
• Uri Dekel - Carnegie Mellon University, USA

On Going Session

- Everybody introduced.

- Tim Romber presenting Wiquila.

- Rik Farenhorst presenting.

- Coffee break

- José Bonnet is presenting.

- David Ferreira is presenting.

- Luca Abeti is presenting.

- lunch

- Eric Shepherd is presenting.

- Filipe Correia is presenting.

- José Alonso is presenting.

- Coffee Break

- Discussing wikis best practices and caveats for SE in the FEUP lawn...vey nice...