SPMNet: a formal methodology for software management

Author

Chang, Carl K. ; Chao, Chikuang ; Hsieh, Su-Yin ; Alsalqan, Yahya

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

9-11 Nov 1994

Firstpage

57

Abstract

A formalism, Software Project Management Net (SPMNet), is proposed to model the development of a software project. SPMNet provides a formal modeling technique to capture the concurrent and iterative nature of software development. A tracking mechanism in the SPMNet is used to keep track of all the events through the software development life cycle. Based on the previous-event information, the manager can make queries on the development history. In our approach, an automatic technique based on genetic algorithms is introduced to determine the optimal resource allocation and calculate the total time and cost of a project. Based on the information generated from genetic algorithms, the software manager will be able to predict the future states of a project by pre-executing the SPMNet

Keywords

genetic algorithms; project management; resource allocation; software cost estimation; software development management; SPMNet; Software Project Management Net; formal methodology; formal modeling technique; genetic algorithms; optimal resource allocation; previous-event information; project cost estimation; queries; software development; software development life cycle; software management; software manager; software project development; total time; tracking mechanism; Chaos; Costs; Genetic algorithms; History; Internet; Programming; Project management; Resource management; Software development management; State estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1994. COMPSAC 94. Proceedings., Eighteenth Annual International

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6705-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPSAC.1994.342832

Filename

342832