A systematic approach for resource allocation in software projects

  • Authors:

  • Luis Daniel Otero;Grisselle Centeno;Alex J. Ruiz-Torres;Carlos E. Otero

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620-5350, United States;Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue ENB 118, Tampa, FL 33620-5350, United States;Information and Decision Sciences Department, College of Business Administration, Room 205, El Paso, TX 79968, United States;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 W. University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, United States

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Industrial Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The completion of reliable software products within their expected time frame represents a major problem for companies that develop software applications. Today, the software industry continues to struggle with delivering products in a timely manner. A major cause for delays is the training time required for engineers and other personnel to acquire the necessary skills to complete software tasks. Therefore, it is important to develop systematic personnel assignment processes that consider complete skill sets of candidates to provide solutions that reduce training time. This paper presents a novel methodology to assign resources to tasks when optimum skill sets are not available. The methodology takes into account existing capabilities of candidates, required levels of expertise, and priorities of required skills for the task. A sample case is used to show the model capabilities, and the results are compared with the current resource assignment approach.