A constraint-driven human resource scheduling method in software development and maintenance process

IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance, ICSM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-26

  Xiao, Junchao ^a   Wang, Qing ^a   Li, Mingshu ^a   Yang, Ye ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Xie, Lizi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOFTWARE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; PERSONNEL; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCHEDULING; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CONSTRAINT MODELS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DRIVEN SCHEDULING; HUMAN RESOURCES; IN PROCESSES; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFORMATIONS; MAINTENANCE PROCESSES; PROJECT MANAGERS; SCHEDULING METHODS; SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; SKILL SETS; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTS; SOFTWARE PROCESS MODELS; SOFTWARE PROCESSES; TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 57849128963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSM.2008.4658050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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