A case study of software process improvement during development

Author

Bhandari, I. ; Halliday, M. ; Tarver, Eric ; Brown, David ; Chaar, Jarir ; Chillarege, Ram

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

19

Issue

12

fYear

1993

fDate

12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1157

Lastpage

1170

Abstract

We present a case study of the use of a software process improvement method which is based on the analysis of defect data. The first step of the method is the classification of software defects using attributes which relate defects to specific process activities. Such classification captures the semantics of the defects in a fashion which is useful for process correction. The second step utilizes a machine-assisted approach to data exploration which allows a project team to discover such knowledge from defect data as is useful for process correction. We show that such analysis of defect data can readily lead a project team to improve their process during development

Keywords

data handling; project management; software engineering; software metrics; attributes; case study; data exploration; defect data analysis; defect-based process improvement; in-process metrics; knowledge discovery; machine-assisted approach; process activities; process correction; project team; semantics; software defects; software engineering; software process improvement; Computer aided software engineering; Data analysis; Feedback; Helium; Laboratories; Production systems; Programming; Software engineering; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-5589

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/32.249661

Filename

249661