Standardizing the software tag in japan for transparency of development

  • Authors:

  • Masateru Tsunoda;Tomoko Matsumura;Hajimu Iida;Kozo Kubo;Shinji Kusumoto;Katsuro Inoue;Ken-ichi Matsumoto

  • Affiliations:

  • Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan;Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan;Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan;Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan;Graduate School of Information Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan;Graduate School of Information Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan;Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan

  • Venue:
  • PROFES'10 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the Software Tag which makes software development visible to software purchasers (users). A software tag is a partial set of empirical data about a software development project shared between the purchaser and developer. The purchaser uses the software tag to evaluate the software project, allowing them to recognize the quality level of the processes and products involved. With Japanese government support, we have successfully standardized the software tag named Software Tag Standard 1.0, and have developed various associated tools for tag data collection and visualization. For its initial evaluation, the software tag has been applied to several projects. This paper also presents various activities aimed at promoting the use of the software tag in Japan and the world.