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==Issues to Resolve==
The tool is now relatively mature (except for some usability issues, typical of open source projects sans human factors) but the generation of open sourced process plug-ins remains problematic as adoption of the tool still requires substantial work in process authoring. The cost of process authoring is the major component of the true-cost-of-ownership of process assets, that and the training costs.
IBM has some proprietary plug-ins available for its Rational Method Composer but they are based upon the proprietary RUP process model. The small open source agile models available don't scale well to large programs. Many IEEE/ISO/SAE/CMMI and other standards models have not been modeled. The potential here is vast if IBM markets EPF/RMC to the standards organizations who already sell representations of their standards. Static page generation is useful, as a reference site, but additional effort has to occur 1) to move towards process orchestration (based upon SPEM models) and 2) provision of training resources (potentially by including SCORM/IMS modes for export). Process training, within organizations, is of paramount concern and the amount of rework to push EPF output into SCORM/IMS ready structures for presentation in an eLearning environments (on top of the initial process authoring effort) is prohibitive. Model transformation technology may help here.
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