DESS is an EUREKA-ITEA project. You can find more infomation about ITEA on the ITEA web site and the ITEA project pages.
The DESS project deals with a software development methodology for real-time and embedded systems. The target is to define a methodology that will improve the development strategy of embedded software. This does however not include the development of full-fledged tools, nor does it turn the validation test cases into directly exploitable products.
During the project, a development methodology with be defined together with supporting tools and usefulness will be validated through a number of validation test cases in different real-time and embedded domains. In addition, all partners will have evaluation documents on how the methodology is suited in their application domain.
You can find the participating organisations on this page.
If you want to know more about the DESS project, please consult the following information: