A proposal of process fragment definition and documentation

This paper focuses on the field of Situational Method Engi- neering (SME) for the construction of agent-oriented design processes. Whatever SME approach a method designer wants to use, he has to manage two main elements: the (method or process) fragment and the repository where it is stored. Specific fragment definition and documen- tation are fundamental during these activities, for new process composi- tion, and for the consequent system design activities. This paper aims at illustrating a proposal of fragment definition and documentation. This proposal is aimed to be an input for the IEEE FIPA Design Process Doc- umentation and Fragmentation working group and, as regards our own research work, this is the ideal completion of the methodological practices prescribed in the PRoDe approach for new processes composition.