Title :
A case study in repository selection for a distributed software engineering environment
Author :
Neuhaus, Jan ; Janzen, Wolfgang ; Bäcker, Andreas
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-Inst. fur Software- und Systemtech., Dortmund, Germany
Abstract :
The German Ministers of Finance have set up a large-scale project for the development of a nationwide uniform tax management system. One phase of the initiation of this large software development effort was the construction of a distributed software engineering environment. The Fraunhofer ISST (Institut für Software- und Systemtechnik) and Partner Consult were involved in the selection process of the repository, and the change and configuration management tool for this environment. In this paper, we describe the selection process for the repository. We present a structured approach which tries to minimize the selection costs, and we discuss some of the lessons we learned about the process itself and the state of the market in repository technology
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; configuration management; distributed processing; financial data processing; government data processing; management of change; programming environments; software libraries; software selection; tax preparation; German Ministers of Finance; case study; change management tool; configuration management tool; distributed software engineering environment; large-scale project; market; nationwide uniform tax management system; repository selection; selection cost minimization; selection process; structured approach; Computer aided software engineering; Computer architecture; Costs; Environmental management; Financial management; Large-scale systems; Programming; Project management; Software development management; Software engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Environments, Eighth Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cottbus
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8019-9
DOI :
10.1109/SEE.1997.591815
