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NEFIS Evaluation Meeting WP3 Report Tim Richards (EFI) Moh Ibrahim (Greenwich University)

NEFIS Evaluation Meeting WP3 Report Tim Richards (EFI) Moh Ibrahim (Greenwich University). University of Hamburg Institute of World Forestry 15-16 November 2004. UML, Use Cases, …. WP3 – WIP ++ Tim Richards & GT. Outline. A Principled Approach NeFIS storylines & uc’s integration :

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NEFIS Evaluation Meeting WP3 Report Tim Richards (EFI) Moh Ibrahim (Greenwich University)

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  1. NEFIS Evaluation MeetingWP3 ReportTim Richards (EFI)Moh Ibrahim (Greenwich University) University of Hamburg Institute of World Forestry 15-16 November 2004 Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  2. UML, Use Cases, … WP3 – WIP ++ Tim Richards & GT Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  3. Outline • A Principled Approach • NeFIS storylines & uc’s integration : • 0. Basic Nefis ‘user’ sessions • Data providers • Data consumers • 1. MCPFE • 2. EU Forest Focus • Time-line to WP3 UML delivery • Summary Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  4. A Principled Approach to IS Development in NEFIS • Drivers & Enablers • Biz- driven IS/IT- enabled • Drivers: • Business goals & objectives • Domain expert users • Enablers – IS specialists, Maths, Stats/Modellers, etc, etc Paramount Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  5. A Principled Approach to IS Development in NEFIS • Recommended principle • Keep audit trail • Non-destruction of both: • Data • Business rules / knowledge • Temporal audit-trail Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  6. NeFIS storylines & UC’s integration • Forest Business Requirements (FBR) • 0. Basic Nefis ‘user’ sessions • Data providers • Data consumers • 1. MCPFE – C & I • 2. EU Forest Focus Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  7. FBR 2 – NEFIS/1: provider • Basic NEFIS user requirements • Data provider/supplier • Enter data / metadata • Retrieve data / metadata • Modify data / metadata • … subject to RBAC Note: Data is defined here to mean any kind of data Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  8. FBR 2 – NEFIS/2: consumer • Basic NEFIS user requirements • Data consumer • Retrieve data / metadata • Find objects: docs, images, etc • … subject to RBAC Note: Data is defined here to mean any kind of data Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  9. NEFIS user: Example - Biz-req’t • Get forest statistics • By country, continent, region, etc • By year • Etc • etc • Find factors / parameters e.g. re: SFM C & I • By country, continent, region, etc • By year • Etc Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  10. Locate Resource Visualisation Reporting Decision Support ResourceUser Research Toolkit Alex Fedorec – Bonn, Nov’2003 Use ServiceSea-level LocateStandardise Catalogue Function Adhere to Kyoto/EU regs etc.enhance disseminations «extends» «includes» «extends» «includes» GIS, tabular… «includes» Information aggregation and synthesisProvide information input for models Provide raw and aggregated datasets Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  11. Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  12. 1. MCPFE – C & I for SFM/1 • ? Under construction • Contributions - domain expert : IS/IT, please Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  13. 1. MCPFE – C & I for SFM/2 • Helsinki: H1 & H2 • H1: definition of what SFM is! • 6 Criteria to assess SFM • and 35 quantitative Indicators • for monitoring implementation of SFM in NFP; • changes over time for each criterion Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  14. 2. EU Forest Focus /1 • ? Under construction • Contributions - domain expert : IS/IT, please Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  15. 2. EU Forest Focus /2 • Two main components • Impacts of atmospheric pollution • Impacts of fires on forest ecosystems • 4 Components • Atmospheric • Fire • Soils, Carbon, climate change, Biodiversity • Information flows Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  16. ON UML & Use Cases • UML is a language, • A Visual Modelling Language • Not A Methodology • Used in a methodology to capture facets of a system: • Structures – static e.g. class model, … • Behaviour – dynamic, e.g. use cases, sequence, communication models, … Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  17. ON UML & Use Cases • Use cases – widely used now • ++ Good for capturing user functional requirements (FR) • - - Not so good for NFR • NFR: performance, scalability, fail-safety, reliability, etc Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  18. Levels of use cases • Ref: Alistair Cockburn(writing effective use Cases, Addison-Wesley- 2001) Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  19. Levels of Use Cases by goal /purpose Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  20. From UML/use case to UI • To do yet • Goal: bridge the semantic gap • Transform ‘what’ use cases to ‘how’ nuts & bolts • Build a Mock-up or proto-type – screen shots showing UI, display screen, reports, etc Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  21. Time-line (Draft) – WP3 / D9 Nov 2004 – time now – lot of work done Dec 2004 – use cases 1 & 2 - Nefis Jan 2005 – GUI–prototype – use case 1 & 2 Feb2005 – use cases 3 & 4 – MCPFE, FF Mar 2005 – GUI–prototype – use case 3 & 4 Apr 2005 – Integrate all use cases/prototype, deliver!! Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  22. Summary • A lot of spade work done already • More work to be done still • Use cases are good for FR; • Not quite suited for NFR • Need to talk to users in their language – not in UML-speak or use case talk • But in terms of forms/display/reports Hamburg NEFIS WP5

  23. Thank kindly for your attention Hamburg NEFIS WP5

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  25. Time-line Hamburg NEFIS WP5

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