Title :
Assessing ambiguity tolerance in staffing software development teams by analyzing cognitive maps of engineers and technical managers
Author :
Storto, Corrado Lo
Author_Institution :
DIEG, Univ. of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
fDate :
March 30 2010-April 1 2010
Abstract :
This paper presents a methodological framework to explore the cognitive processes implemented by members of a software development team to manage ambiguous situations at the stage of product requirements definition. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps are used in the framework to elicit cognitive schemes and develop a measure of individual ambiguity tolerance.
Keywords :
cognitive systems; fuzzy set theory; software engineering; analyzing cognitive maps; assessing ambiguity tolerance; cognitive processes; engineer managers; fuzzy cognitive maps; methodological framework; staffing software development teams; technical managers; Contracts; Couplings; Engineering management; Feedback; Fuzzy cognitive maps; Knowledge management; Memory management; Problem-solving; Programming; Software development management; ambiguity; cognitive maps; software development; team staffing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering Systems Management and Its Applications (ICESMA), 2010 Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sharjah
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6520-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-9948-427-14-8
