DocumentCode
1143393
Title
Point/Counterpoint
Author
Weller, Ed ; Card, David ; Curtis, Bill ; Raczynski, Bob
Author_Institution
Integrated Productivity Solutions, LLC
Volume
25
Issue
3
fYear
2008
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
51
Abstract
"Point Argument: Applying SPC to Software Development: Where and Why," by Ed Weller and David Card. Statistical Process Control focuses on key subprocesses in the overall software development process. Under the right conditions, SPC is another useful tool in our toolkit. "Counterpoint Argument: Software Data Violate SPC\´s Underlying Assumptions," by Bob Raczynski and Bill Curtis. Software tasks are an intermingled mix of skill levels, component complexities, and project conditions that severely diminish the power of SPC techniques such as control charts. This department is part of a special issue on quantitative project management.
Keywords
Application software; Control charts; Data engineering; Economic forecasting; Jacobian matrices; Manufacturing processes; Process control; Programming; Software quality; Software tools; software development; software metrics; statistical process control;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MS.2008.68
Filename
4497763
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