Title :
A 3D metaphor for software production visualization
Author :
Panas, Thomas ; Berrigan, Rebecca ; Grundy, John
Author_Institution :
Software Technol. Group, Vaxjo Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
Software development is difficult because software is complex, the software production process is complex and understanding of software systems is a challenge. We propose a 3D visual approach to depict software production cost related program information to support software maintenance. The information helps us to reduce software maintenance costs, to plan the use of personnel wisely, to appoint experts efficiently and to detect system problems early.
Keywords :
data visualisation; program visualisation; reverse engineering; software cost estimation; software development management; software maintenance; 3D metaphor; 3D visual approach; information visualization; program understanding; program visualization; reverse engineering; software development; software maintenance cost; software production cost; software production visualization; software system understanding; Computer science; Costs; Peace technology; Personnel; Production systems; Programming; Reverse engineering; Software maintenance; Software systems; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualization, 2003. IV 2003. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1988-1
DOI :
10.1109/IV.2003.1217996
