Fuzzy inference system for software product family process evaluation

  • Authors:

  • F. Ahmed;L. F. Capretz;J. Samarabandu

  • Affiliations:

  • College of Information Technology, PO Box 17551, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9

  • Venue:
  • Information Sciences: an International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

When developing multiple products within a common application domain, systematic use of a software product family process can yield increased productivity in cost, quality, effort and schedule. Such a process provides the means for the reuse of software assets which can considerably reduce the development time and the cost of software products. A comprehensive strategy for the evaluating the maturity of a software product family process is needed due to growing popularity of this concept in the software industry. In this paper, we propose a five-level maturity scale for software product family process. We also present a fuzzy inference system for evaluating maturity of software product family process using the proposed maturity scale. This research is aimed at establishing a comprehensive and unified strategy for process evaluation of a software product family. Such a process evaluation strategy will enable an organization to discover and monitor the strengths and weaknesses of the various activities performed during development of multiple products within a common application domain.