  Currently, proposed development processes are often considered too generic
for operational use. This often leads to a misunderstanding of the
project-specific processes and its refuse. One reason for non-appropriate
project-specific processes is insufficient support for the tailoring of generic
processes to project characteristics and context constraints. To tackle this
problem, we propose a method for the acquisition of a project-specific process.
This method uses a domain-specific process line for top-down process tailoring
and supports bottom-up refinement of the defined generic process based on
tracking process activities. The expected advantage of the method is tailoring
efficiency gained by usage of a process line and higher process adherence
gained by bottom-up adaptation of the process. The work described was conducted
in the automotive domain. This article presents an overview of the so-called
Emergent Process Acquisition method (EPAc) and sketches an initial validation
study.
