  As opposed to more mature subjects, software engineering lacks general
theories to establish its foundations as a discipline. The Essence Theory of
software engineering (Essence) has been proposed by the Software Engineering
Methods and Theory (SEMAT) initiative. Essence goal is to develop a
theoretically sound basis for software engineering practice and its wide
adoption. Essence is yet far from reaching academic and industry adoption.
Reasons include a struggle to foresee its utilization potential and the lack of
tools implementing it. SEMAT Accelerator (SematAcc) is a Web-positioning tool
for a software engineering endeavor, which implements the SEMAT's Essence
kernel. SematAcc allows using Essence, thus helping to understand it. The tool
enables teaching, adopting, and researching Essence in controlled experiments
and case studies.
