Computer-aided software development process design

Author

Lin, Chi Y. ; Levary, Reuven R.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

9

fYear

1989

fDate

9/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1025

Lastpage

1037

Abstract

The authors describe an intelligent tool designed to aid managers of software development projects in planning, managing, and controlling the development process of medium- to large-scale software projects. Its purpose is to reduce uncertainties in the budget, personnel, and schedule planning of software development projects. It is based on dynamic models for the software development and maintenance life-cycle process. This dynamic process is composed of a number of time-varying, interacting developmental phases, each characterized by its intended functions and requirements. System dynamics is used as a modeling methodology. The resulting software life-cycle simulator (SLICS) and the hybrid expert simulation system of which it is a subsystem are described

Keywords

software engineering; software tools; SLICS; budget; computer-aided software development process design; control; dynamic models; hybrid expert simulation system; intelligent tool; interacting developmental phases; maintenance; management; personnel; schedule planning; software development projects; software life-cycle simulator; system dynamics; time-varying; Large-scale systems; Personnel; Process control; Process design; Process planning; Programming; Project management; Software development management; Software tools; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.31362

Filename

31362