Issue 18767: Formal definition of Practice, Alpha and other terms (essence-ftf)
Source: Atego (Mr. Matthew Hause, matthew.hause(at)atego.com)
Nature: Revision
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Summary: Specification: Essence – Kernel and Language for Software Engineering Methods (ad/2013-02-01)

I would have preferred a formal definition of Practice, Alpha and other terms prior to a discussion of the different levels of conformance and rigor of these elements. It would make it easier to understand what is meant, especially since the word practice is previously in several different contexts. Possibly referencing section 4 at the beginning would help. It was also difficult to tell when the terms were referring to parts of the Essence language or just using the terms in normal English. Also, the fact that Alpha is in fact an acronym but is used throughout the specification as the proper noun is also confusing.
(From an evaluation comment by Matthew Hause.)


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June 11, 2013: received issue
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s is issue # 18767   From: Ed Seidewitz <eseidewitz@ivarjacobson.com>


Formal definition of Practice, Alpha and other terms 

Specification: Essence . Kernel and Language for Software Engineering Methods (ad/2013-02-01)

I would have preferred a formal definition of Practice, Alpha and other terms prior to a discussion of the different levels of conformance and rigor of these elements. It would make it easier to understand what is meant, especially since the word practice is previously in several different contexts. Possibly referencing section 4 at the beginning would help. It was also difficult to tell when the terms were referring to parts of the Essence language or just using the terms in normal English. Also, the fact that Alpha is in fact an acronym but is used throughout the specification as the proper noun is also confusing.
(From an evaluation comment by Matthew Hause.)