Using simulation to analyze the impact of software requirement volatility on project performance

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1001-1008

  Pfahl, D ^a   Lebsanft, K ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING;

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT VOLATILITY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034321494     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(00)00152-X     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Abdel-Hamid T.K., Madnick S.E. Software Projects Dynamics - an Integrated Approach. 1991;Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
2. Aranda R.R., Fiddaman T., Oliva R. Quality microworlds: modeling the impact of quality initiatives over the software product life cycle. American Programmer. May:1993;52-61.
3. Barlas Y. Multiple tests for validation of system dynamics type of simulation models. European Journal of Operational Research. 42:1989;59-87.
4. Basili V.R., Caldiera G. Improve software quality by reusing knowledge and experience. Sloan Management Review. Fall:1995;55-64.
5. A. Birk, J. Järvinen, S. Komi-Sirviö, P. Kuvaja, M. Oivo, D. Pfahl, PROFES - a product driven process improvement methodology, Proceedings of the European Conference on Software Process Improvement (SPI), Monaco, December, 1998.
6. Cartwright M., Shepperd M. On building dynamic models of maintenance behaviour. Kusters R., Cowderoy A., Heemstra F., van Veenendaal E. Project Control for Software Quality. 1999;Shaker Publishing, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
7. Cooper K.G., Mullen T. Swords and Ploughshares: the rework cycles of defence and commercial software development projects. American Programmer. 6:(5):1993;41-51.
8. Fletcher R., Powell M.J.D. A rapidly convergent descent method for minimization. Computing. 6:1963;163-168.
9. Forrester J.W. Industrial Dynamics. 1961;Productivity Press, Cambridge.
10. Forrester J.W. Principles of Systems. 1971;Productivity Press, Cambridge.
11. Kellner M.I., Madachy R.J., Raffo D.M. Software process simulation modeling: Why? What? How? Journal of Systems and Software. 46:(2/3):1999;91-105.
12. Kuvaja P., Similä J., Krzanik L., Bicego A., Saukkonen S., Koch G. Software Process Assessment and Improvement - The BOOTSTRAP Approach. 1994;Blackwell, Oxford.
13. Lebsanft K. Das Siemens Process assessment. Heinrich L.J., Häntsche I. Evaluation und Evaluationsforschung in der Wirtschaftsinformatik. 2000;175-188 Oldenbourg, Munich.
14. K. Lebsanft, D. Pfahl, Knowledge acquisition for building system dynamics simulation models: an experience report from software industry, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE), Kaiserslautern, June, 1999, pp. 378-387.
15. Lehman M.M., Ramil J.F. The impact of feedback in the global software process. Journal of Systems and Software. 46:(2/3):1999;123-134.
16. Lin C.Y., Abdel-Hamid T.K., Sherif J.S. Software-engineering process simulation model (SEPS). Journal of Systems and Software. 38:1997;263-277.
17. Madachy R. System dynamics modeling of an inspection-based process. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) Berlin, Germany. 1996;IEEE Computer Society Press, Silver Spring, MD.
18. T. Mehner, T. Messer, P. Paul, F. Paulisch, P. Schless, A. Völker, Siemens process assessment and improvement approaches: experiences and benefits, Proceedings of the 22nd Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), Vienna, 1998.
19. Paulk M.C., Curtis B., Chrissis M.B., Weber C.V. Capability Maturity Model, Version 1.1. IEEE Software. July:1993;18-27.
20. Powell A., Mander K., Brown D. Strategies for lifecycle concurrency and iteration: a system dynamics approach. Journal of Systems and Software. 46:(2/3):1999;151-162.
21. van Solingen R., Berghout E. The Goal/Question/Metric method: A Practical Guide for Quality Improvement of Software Development. 1999;McGraw-Hill, New York.
22. Richardson G.P., Pugh A.L. Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling with DYNAMO. 1981;Productivity Press, Cambridge.
23. Rus I., Collofello J., Lakey P. Software process simulation for reliability management. Journal of Systems and Software. 46:(2/3):1999;173-182.
24. J.D. Tvedt, J.S. Collofello, Evaluating the effectiveness of process improvements on development cycle time via system dynamics modeling. Proceedings of the Computer Science and Application Conference, COMPSAC, 1995, pp. 318-325.
25. ®) - Reference Manual, Version 3.0, Ventana Systems, Inc., 1997.
26. A. Völker, Software Process Assessments at Siemens as a Basis for Process Improvement in Industry, Proceedings of the ISCN, Dublin, Ireland, 1994.