Paper Info
Title
A Decision Framework For Selecting A Suitable Software Development Process
Abstract
For streamlining the activities of software development, a number of software development processes has been proposed in the past few decades. Despite the relative maturity in the field, large companies involved in developing software are still struggling with selecting suitable software processes. This article takes up the challenge of developing a framework that supports decision makers in choosing an appropriate software development process for each individual project. After introducing the problem, the software development processes included in this research are identified. For being able to align software development processes and software projects, a number of project characteristics is next determined. Based on these two analyses, a decision framework is proposed that, given the project characteristics, determines the most appropriate software development process. In a first attempt to validate the framework, it has been applied onto two case studies where the outcomes of the decision framework are compared to those found by means of a collection of experts' opinions. It was found that the framework and the experts yield similar outcomes.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2010
ICEIS 2010: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS, VOL 3: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND SPECIFICATION
Software development process, Decision making, Large scale organization, Decision support framework
Field
DocType
Citations 
Personal software process,Package development process,Computer science,Knowledge management,Software development process,Software construction,Team software process,Software development,Software framework,Goal-Driven Software Development Process,Process management
Conference
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.35
3
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Itamar Sharon140.87
Michel Dos Santos Soares26811.50
Joseph Barjis334849.19
Jan Van Den Berg435035.73
Jos Vrancken59013.98