From: kissman@sda.com (Mark Kissman)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: Announcement: A Tutorial on PCTE Technology and Strategy
Keywords: PCTE, environments
Date: 18 Nov 92 23:33:42 GMT
Expires: Tue, 8 Dec 1992 08:00:00 GMT
Followup-To: comp.software-eng
Organization: (none)


AN INTRODUCTION TO ECMA PCTE

A Tutorial on PCTE Technology and Strategy

Offered by Software Design & Analysis, Inc. and INSTEP, Inc.

7-8 December 1992 - McLean Hilton, Tyson's Corner, Virginia

OVERVIEW

The costs of building industrial strength software development
environments and tools can be prohibitive. A set of common services
is needed to facilitate the rapid construction and integration
of software tools and environments. The PCTE (Portable Common Tool
Environment) interface defines such a set of common services. The
services have been defined to be scalable, language independent,
evolvable, and implementable on local area networks.

The European Computer Manufacturers Association accepted a version of the
PCTE interface definition in December, 1990 as ECMA Standard 149. This
version is being presented for international standardization. The PCTE
interface is gaining widespread acceptance within the platform, CASE tool
and software development environment communities, and several
organizations have produced preliminary implementations.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This two-day program is designed to provide software project managers,
software engineers, software tool and environment builders, and software
technology decision makers insight into the applicability of PCTE for
creating supportive software environments.

OUTLINE

I.	The History and Strategic Nature of the PCTE Initiative

	Discussion of: the major activities that have influenced
	the PCTE initiative from 1983 to the present; the significance
	of PCTE from technology, industry and market perspectives;
	and the current PCTE-related positions of major tool and
	platform vendors.

II.	Discussion of the basic mechanisms that underlie PCTE,
	including:

	-	Object Management System: data repository services.
	-	Schema Management: schema definition and modification
		services.
	-	Execution Management: process execution management services
	-	Inter-Process Communication: process-process communication
		and data exchange services.
	-	Concurrency Control and Integrity: multiuser and multi-
		process coordination and transaction services.
	-	Notification: data access notification services.
	-	Security: discretionary and mandatory access control
		services.
	-	Accounting: system resource utilization monitoring
		services.
	-	Distribution: data and process distribution services and
		system configuration services.

III.	Exploiting PCTE

	Discussion of issues important to exploiting PCTE, including
	tool architectures, schema development, and tool migration
	strategies.

IV.	Question and Answer Period

	Open question and answer period among lecturers and attendees.

REGISTRATION

Registration is limited to provide a high quality education experience.
Registration information and forms follow.

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE....

Ian Thomas works on environment framework and integration projects at
Software Design & Analysis, Inc. His previous work at Hewlett Packard's
Software Engineering Systems Division and Bull's Corporate Research
Center involved a number of projects that built integrated tool sets on
the PCTE interfaces. His current technical activities emphasize
environment frameworks, environment integration technology, software
process support, and software engineering database issues.

Christian Bremeau also works on environment framework and integration
projects at Software Design and Analysis, Inc. During his previous work
at GIE Emeraude, he was a member of the PCTE+ design team and one of the
architects of the Emeraude implementation of PCTE+. More recently, he has
been guiding the Ada bindings for PCTE through the ECMA standardization
process. His technical activities involve environment framework design and
the use of framework technology in the construction of environments.

Brian Nejmeh is an independent software consultant, specializing in
software development environments and process improvement. He has been
involved in environment and tool integration projects for the past seven
years at organizations including AT&T and Software Productivity
Consortium. He is currently leading a number of PCTE-based projects
exploring the appropriate use of PCTE as an environment construction and
integration technology.

TRAVEL AND LODGING

The tutorial on 7-8 December 1992 will be held at:

	McLean Hilton at Tyson's Corner
	7920 Jones Branch Drive
	McLean, Virginia 22102
	(703) 761-5111

Special room rates are available for participants. Please contact
the McLean Hilton directly for room reservations and reference "SDA/PCTE
Seminar".

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

	Mark Kissman, SDA Inc.
	+1 (303) 444-9100 (voice)
	+1 (303) 938-5005 (fax)
	email: kissman@sda.com

REGISTRATION FORM


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FEES

Advance Registration.................$850.00
Registration after November 23 1992
	.............................$950.00
Per person fee for two or
	more people from the same
	organization.................$800.00

AMOUNT ENCLOSED......................$_______

Registrations not accompanied by payment will hold space in the
program for two weeks. Payment must be received by the end of this
two-week period to guarantee space at the tutorial.

Payment may be made by check, credit card or money order. Sorry, but
foreign currency checks and PO's cannot be accepted. Checks should be made
to SDA Inc.

Credit Card Payment:

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CANCELLATION POLICY

Cancellations received prior to November 23, 1992 will
receive a full refund minus a $50.00 administrative fee.

Cancellations will not be accepted after November 23, 1992. Personnel from
the same company may, however, be substituted.

SEND COMPLETED FORM AND PAYMENT TO:

Attn: PCTE Tutorial
Software Design & Analysis Inc.
1113 Spruce Street
Boulder, Colorado 80302 USA