Title :
Simulation model of overlapping development process based on progress of activities
Author :
Iida, Hajimu ; Eijima, Jun ; Yabe, Satoshi ; Matsumoto, Ken-ichi ; Torii, Koji
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. Center, Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Japan
Abstract :
In many cases of small scale software development, downstream activities are actually carried out before upstream activities have completely finished in order to reduce the development time and meet the deadline. However, overlapping activities also increase the total work effort because it demands more communications between activities. It is very important to be able to estimate the tradeoff between development time and total work effort since constraints may be placed on them. The paper proposes a simulation model to describe the overlapping development processes and the effects between overlapped activities. Based on this model, a software process simulator was developed. This simulator is applicable for supporting project planning (scheduling and staffing) with constraints on cycle time and total work effort
Keywords :
human resource management; personnel; planning; project management; scheduling; software development management; virtual machines; activity progress; cycle time; development time; downstream activities; overlapping development process; project planning; scheduling; simulation model; small scale software development; software process simulator; staffing; total work effort; tradeoff; upstream activities; Equations; Information science; Process planning; Programming; Time factors;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Conference, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7638-8
DOI :
10.1109/APSEC.1996.566748