Diagnosis and Prognosis of Interoperability Challenges

As systems have grown larger and more complex into systems of systems, the community has learned much about what works and what doesn´t when designing for interoperability. These lessons learned can help in identifying and predicting problems early in the development lifecycle. This workshop will bring together practitioners who have insights into addressing systems of systems interoperability. The session will focus on diagnosing interoperability issues within software systems; prognosticating interoperability challenges given a proposed system design or architecture; and the resulting impact on the system of systems design. The key questions to be addressed by the workshop are: “how can system interoperability issues be identified and addressed as early as possible; and how can this be confirmed?” Positions are invited from industry and academia that look at interoperability from the following perspectives: quantifiable requirements, architecture, design practices, analysis, testing, and lessons learned from successes and failures. Insights from traditional software systems and non-traditional environments that apply to system of systems development are particularly welcome. The proposed format is a 6 hour workshop comprised of 4-5 20 minute position papers combined with a healthy discussion component. The workshop seeks to leverage insights and identify proposed areas for further development and research.