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Adaptable Process Model
Process Design Language Characteristics


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The process design language (PDL) used in the APM description represents a process flow using the following constructs:

  • process - a major APM activity indicated by the process or subprocess keywords;

    task definition - a collection of APM tasks indicated by the task definition keyword;

    task - a refinement of a specific APM task indicated by the Begin Task keyword;

    concurrent activities - indicated by parallel activities (asynchronous);

    events - indicated by an event trigger that causes the tasks that follow to be conducted;

    sequences - a series of tasks each terminated with a semi-colon;

    loops - repeat a sequence of steps until a condition is met; do a sequence of tasks while a condition is met;

    conditional tests - if a condition is true then do a set of tasks else do a different set of tasks.

All constructs are delimited by a end delimiter. For example, repeat until is delimited by the end delimiter endrep. In addition, indentation is used to group information.


APM Umbrella Activity Acronyms

    • software project management -- SPM

    • formal technical reviews -- FTR

    • software quality assurance -- SQA

    • software configuration management-- SCM

    • reusability management -- REUSE

    • measurement -- M

    • document preparation and production -- DPP

    • risk management - RSK


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