Project replayer – an investigation tool to revisit processes of past projects

  • Authors:

  • Keita Goto;Noriko Hankawa;Hajimu Iida

  • Affiliations:

  • Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Information Science, Japan;Faculty of Management Information, Hannan University, Japan;Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Information Science, Japan

  • Venue:
  • SPW/ProSim'06 Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Software Process Simulation and Modeling
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In order to help knowledge acquisition and accumulation from past experiences, we propose a KFC (Knowledge Feedback Cycle) framework among engineers and researchers. Three tools (Empirical Project Monitor, Simulator, and Replayer) are used to circulate captured knowledge in KFC. Project Replayer is a most characteristic tool used to review data of past projects derived from development logs; version control, bug reports and e-mails. With Project Replayer, past projects can be easily revisited and complicated phenomena of past projects can be investigated. As a result of preliminary experiments, we have confirmed that Project Replayer helps researchers construct and validate hypotheses of software process. We also confirmed that developers have acquired new knowledge about a certain problem extracted from past projects.