IBM donates Rational processes to Eclipse

Big Blue proposes a framework for common development

By Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service, 10/17/05

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According to Microsoft, however, MSF was based on a simplified version of SPEM and is consistent with the OMG's metamodel.

A Microsoft spokeswoman said in a statement that the software company plans to improve the MSF by offering two process templates for the framework within its collaborative development version of Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

MSF for Agile Software Development enables iterative software development enhanced with features like risk management, release management, and design for operations, while MSF for CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) Process Improvement provides connections to the CMMI process to enable organizations to implement mature software development practices and drive business capability quickly, according to the spokeswoman.

Microsoft plans to release new editions of Visual Studio 2005 at an event in San Francisco on November 7.

It will likely take one to two months for Eclipse board members to review the proposal for the Eclipse Process Framework, IBM's Kroll said, after which time they will vote on whether or not they will take on the proposed project.