SEI Software Architecture
Technology User Network (SATURN) Workshop
April 6-7, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA
The first Software Architecture Technology User Network
Workshop (SATURN 2005) was held April 6-7, 2005 at the Software Engineering
Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It attracted 48 persons from 24
organizations. Keynote speakers included:
- Nanette Brown, Director of applied architecture and quality assurance
at Pitney Bowes,
- Stefan Ferber, Director of the Bosch SEPG at Robert Bosch GmbH, and
- Paul Nielsen, Director and CEO of the SEI.
In addition to the three keynotes, there were presentations from nine
participants. Three working sessions focused on: gaps in the methods, what to
measure, and the relationship of architecture and process.
In the closing session, participants noted the following high points of
the meeting:
- Peer collaboration,
- Shared understanding,
- Case studies,
- Metrics from the Bosch keynote and the breakout group on what to
measure,
- What is new in software architecture,
- SEI MTS presence,
- Acquisition support available for software architecture,
- Software architecture technology has reached the "early
majority."
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