IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S ESP-Net The ESP Company Network Yvonne Dittrich IT-University in Copenhagen Software Development Group

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S The ESP project in numbers  3 years, starting 2006  dkk from NABIIT  dkk counter financing from MBS and DHI in form of own work  2 phd positions  travel money, administrative help  guest researchers

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S The ESP project: organizations  Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen  Interest: Support for adapting and evolving ERP systems  DHI Water and Environment  Interest: Identify emerging software kernels  IT University of Copenhagen  Interest: Apply and develop software development methods and programming language technology, draw inspiration from real-life problems

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S Two Research Dimensions  Programming Language Techniques  Software Engineering Beyond the Project

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S Programming Language Techniques  to explore technologies that support flexibility and the separation of different kinds/levels of flexibility  to support the isolation of more persisting functionality from evolving levels

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S Software Engineering Beyond the Project  to support the coordination of the different practices of design/development, even ’out’ to the users and customers  the coordination between different projects over time

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S ESP-Net: A company network to  share experiences among companies  share research results  test results on other kind of products  to provide a base for future cooperation

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S The start-up meeting Welcome, Yvonne Dittrich, ITU Mutual introduction Evolvable Software Products in the World of Water Thomas Bech, Software Development Manager, DHI Upgrading customizations in Business Applications Torben Wind, Software Architect, Microsoft Dynamics Coffee break Software Engineering beyond the Project Yvonne Dittrich, ITU Discussion about contents and form of the network Finishing up

IT-Universitetet i København Rued Langgaardsvej 7 DK-2300 København S

Next meeting Thursday, March 3rd, 2007