Goal-driven evaluation of process fragments using weighted dependency graphs

  • Authors:

  • Thomas Birkhölzer;Hesam Chiniforooshan Esfahani;Christoph Dickmann;Jürgen Vaupel;Stefan Ast

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Applied Sciences Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany;University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany;Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany;Siemens CT, München, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Software and Systems Process
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Software process improvement needs guidance in proposing, assessing, and selecting a right set of steps and measurements. Often, a process model or a specific methodology is used for this purpose, e.g. the V-Modell, RUP, or agile process methodologies. Each such model or methodology consists of certain activities, procedures, or methods, i.e. a set of process fragments. Debates usually focus on the choice among these models or methodologies as a whole, but not on the specific, quantitative contributions of the distinct process fragments with respect to the particular goals of the organization. Such a simplification misses important chances for adaptation and motivation in diversified system development environments. Therefore, a conceptual framework and tool set is presented in this paper to search for sets of process fragments, which are able to meet actual objectives in an optimal way.