DocumentCode :
320567
Title :
A system dynamics software process simulator for staffing policies decision support
Author :
Collofello, James ; Houston, Dan ; Rus, Ioana ; Chauhan, Anamika ; Sycamore, Douglas M. ; Smith-Daniels, Dwight
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Volume :
6
fYear :
1998
fDate :
6-9 Jan 1998
Firstpage :
103
Abstract :
Staff attrition is a problem often faced by software development organizations. How can a manager plan for the risk of losses due to attrition? Can policies for this purpose be formulated to address his/her specific organization and project? A software development process simulator tuned to a specific organization is used for running “what-if” scenarios for assessing the effects of managerial staffing decisions on a project´s budget, schedule and quality. We developed a system dynamics simulator of an incremental software development process and used it for analyzing the effect of the following policies: to replace engineers who leave the project, to overstaff in the beginning of the project, or to do nothing, hoping that the project will still be completed in time and within budget. This paper presents the simulator, the experiments that we ran, the results that we obtained, and our analysis and conclusions
Keywords :
decision support systems; human resource management; personnel; project management; risk management; software development management; decision support; incremental software development process; loss risk planning; managerial staffing decisions; overstaffing; project budget; project quality; project schedule; software development organizations; software development process simulator; software engineer replacement; staff attrition; staffing policies; system dynamics; what-if scenarios; Analytical models; Financial management; Programming; Project management; Quality management; Radio access networks; Risk management; Scheduling; Software development management; Software systems;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1998., Proceedings of the Thirty-First Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kohala Coast, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8255-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1998.654764
Filename :
654764
Link To Document :
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