Task: Complete Role Model

Task sourced from Gaia (Identify Preliminary Role Model)

Purpose

T he purpose of this task is to detail the Preliminary Role Model based upon the adopted organizational structure.

Relationships

Roles	Primary Performer: MAS Designer	Additional Performers: MAS Developer
Inputs	Mandatory: Gaia Organization Analysis Role Model Gaia Organization Design Structure Model	Optional: None
Outputs	Gaia Organization Design Role Model
Process Usage	Gaia with Reuse - Delta Configuration v.1 - Full Gaia with Synthesis & FODA > Domain Engineering Iteration 1..n > Domain Design Phase > Design Organization with Gaia > Complete Role Model MMF Design Organization with Gaia > Design Organization with Gaia > Complete Role Model

Main Description

This task should involve separating (whenever possible) the organizational-independent role aspects, detected from the analysis phase, and the organizational-dependent ones, derived from the adoption of a specific organizational structure. This demarcation promotes a design-for-change perspective by separating the structure of the system (derived from a contingent choice) from its goals (derived from a general characterization). Developing multiagent systems: The Gaia methodology (p. 336-337, 358-361) provides guidelines for this task.

Steps

Defining organization roles

Define organizational roles, those whose presence were not previously identified, and whose identification derive directly from the adoption of a given organizational structure.

The representation of organizational roles can be defined from scratch or by exploiting templates from catalogues of organizational patterns.

Refining role activities

Define all the activities in which each role will be involved.

Refining role responsabilities

Define the liveness and safety responsibilities for each role.