Title
Framework for tool evaluation for a maintenance environment
Abstract
Tool evaluation forms an essential part of tool development. Unfortunately, there are only a few solutions for this activity. As part of the AMES project, tool evaluation was implemented as part of a more comprehensive framework, used with the development and application of several AMES tools for application maintenance, These included an application understanding tool-set, a disabbreviation tool, a reverse-engineering tool and an impact analysis tool-set. In addition, the requirement for applicability both to on-board space software and to tool software has directed our approach in setting requirements for tools evaluation. The central element of the evaluation process was an AMES-developed framework including evaluation criteria and the use of a goal/question/metrics (GQM) based approach. The criteria have produced detailed information about each tool, The final result can be regarded as a combination of the score for each criterion and explicit metrics data. In addition, descriptive information about applications was used in tool evaluation. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
3.3.CO;2-S" target="_self" class="small-link-text"10.1002/(SICI)1096-908X(199805/06)10:33.3.CO;2-S
Journal of Software Maintenance
Keywords
Field
DocType
software maintenance,application management,gqm
Application lifecycle management,GQM,Systems engineering,Engineering management,Computer science,Software maintenance
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
3
1040-550X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.36
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Matias Vierimaa1828.39
Jorma Taramaa2305.15
Heli Puustinen320.36
Kati Suominen420.36
Tommi Ketola520.36