Paper Info
Title
STRATOS: Using Visualization to Support Decisions in Strategic Software Release Planning
Abstract
Software is typically developed incrementally and released in stages. Planning these releases involves deciding which features of the system should be implemented for each release. This is a complex planning process involving numerous trade-offs-constraints and factors that often make decisions difficult. Since the success of a product depends on this plan, it is important to understand the trade-offs between different release plans in order to make an informed choice. We present STRATOS, a tool that simultaneously visualizes several software release plans. The visualization shows several attributes about each plan that are important to planners. Multiple plans are shown in a single layout to help planners find and understand the trade-offs between alternative plans. We evaluated our tool via a qualitative study and found that STRATOS enables a range of decision-making processes, helping participants decide on which plan is most optimal.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1145/2702123.2702426
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
decision support,user interfaces,release planning,information visualization,software engineering
Software release life cycle,Software engineering,Information visualization,Visualization,Simulation,Computer science,Planning process,Release management,Software,Human–computer interaction
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.46
13
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Bon Adriel Aseniero1784.86
Tiffany Wun2222.34
David Ledo31899.18
Guenther Ruhe4658.85
Anthony Tang529920.48
Sheelagh Carpendale64431251.97