Positioning within the SEM family As compared to the other SEM derived methods, e-SEM is particularly well suited for projects where
the requirements are not defined exactly at the beginning of the project
there is a strong focus on the user interface (often web applications)
visual programming environments are being used
several short cycles are run through (release development)
e-SEM is more or less based on the stdSEM/ooSEM model (prototyping life cycle approach). stdSEM/ooSEM offer you a lot of details on project execution that we have not all included in e-SEM (links from e-SEM to stdSEM/ooSEM are provided where necessary).
RUP (Rational Unified Process) Rational Unified Process is a comprehensive framework of methods developed by Rational; it has recently been recommended more and more often for "modern, agile" projects. While RUP is compatible with e-SEM, using it requires time and effort consuming tailoring measures. You can call up RUP on the Siemens intranet. For more information on RUP:
Some methods and practices of Extreme Programming are highly recommendable also for PSE, but as an overall process model for PSE projects, XP is suitable only under certain circumstances and only with additional specifications and definitions. The people who invented XP did not see it as a license for "uncontrolled hackerdom" either! For more information on XP:
Chestra
The SBS methodology framework is particularly important for PSE during the early project phases (proposal management, project definition, definition of customer requirements). It is absolutely useful and recommendable to combine the SEM and Chestra approaches during the early stages of a project (especially when cooperating with SBS in a project).
Chestra Comprehensive methodology framework developed by SBS