DynaMan: a tool to improve software process management through dynamic simulation

Author

Barbieri, Alessandro ; Fuggetta, Alfonso ; Lavazza, Luigi ; Tagliavini, Marco

Author_Institution

Cefriel, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

fYear

1992

fDate

6-10 Jul 1992

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

175

Abstract

The use of system dynamics as an innovative and effective technique to model software processes is reported. System dynamics has been used to study the quantitative aspects of software processes. The improvement of software development management deriving from the adoption of this technique is noted. In order to effectively use system dynamics based models, a tool is necessary to support their creation, customization, maintenance and simulation. DynaMan, a tool designed to accomplish these goals, is introduced. The first version of the tool and subsequent improvements are reported

Keywords

project management; software maintenance; software tools; DynaMan; customization; dynamic simulation; maintenance; quantitative aspects; software development management; software process management; system dynamics; Computer aided software engineering; Computer industry; Continuous production; Environmental management; IEL; Innovation management; Project management; Software design; Software development management; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Software Engineering, 1992. Proceedings., Fifth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2960-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CASE.1992.200146

Filename

200146