A decision support scheme for software process improvement prioritization

Beckhaus A, Karg LM, Graf C, Grottke M, Neumann D (2011)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Publisher: Springer Verlag

Edited Volumes: Software and Data Technologies

Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science

City/Town: Berlin

Book Volume: 50

Pages Range: 85-93

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20116-5

Abstract

Software managers pursuing process improvement initiatives are confronted with the problem of selecting potential improvements. In the field of software quality assurance, suitable decision support for prioritizing the optimization of activities according to their return on investment is not yet available. Our paper addresses this research gap.We develop a decision support scheme that facilitates the selection and prioritization of quality assurance activities. We demonstrate the scheme's applicability in three industrial case studies. By relying on the wellknown COQUALMO model's characteristics and calibration data, our approach is industrially applicable with little data collection efforts. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011.

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APA:

Beckhaus, A., Karg, L.M., Graf, C., Grottke, M., & Neumann, D. (2011). A decision support scheme for software process improvement prioritization. In J. Cordeiro, A. Ranchordas, B. Shishka (Eds.), Software and Data Technologies. (pp. 85-93). Berlin: Springer Verlag.

MLA:

Beckhaus, Arne, et al. "A decision support scheme for software process improvement prioritization." Software and Data Technologies. Ed. J. Cordeiro, A. Ranchordas, B. Shishka, Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2011. 85-93.

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