Title :
An empirical analysis on distribution patterns of software maintenance effort
Author :
Yang, Ye ; Li, Qi ; Li, Mingshu ; Wang, Qing
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Internet Software Technol., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
fDate :
Sept. 28 2008-Oct. 4 2008
Abstract :
Distribution of effort in software engineering process has been the basis for facilitating more reasonable software project planning. This paper reports empirical results on activity effort distribution patterns of a series of industrial software maintenance projects. The results show that with respect to different influencing factors, the projects demonstrate large variations in their activity effort distribution, which necessitates appropriate adjustments to strategic planning.
Keywords :
project management; software maintenance; software management; strategic planning; activity effort distribution patterns; software engineering process; software maintenance projects; software project planning; strategic planning; Computer industry; Pattern analysis; Process planning; Programming; Quality management; Software engineering; Software maintenance; Software quality; Strategic planning; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance, 2008. ICSM 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2613-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1063-6773
DOI :
10.1109/ICSM.2008.4658103
