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Characterizing and Assessing a Large-Scale Software Maintenance OrganizationOne important component of a software process is the organizational context in which the process is enacted. This component is often missing or incomplete in current process modeling approaches. One technique for modeling this perspective is the Actor-Dependency (AD) Model. This paper reports on a case study which used this approach to analyze and assess a large software maintenance organization. Our goal was to identify the approach's strengths and weaknesses while providing practical recommendations for improvement and research directions. The AD model was found to be very useful in capturing the important properties of the organizational context of the maintenance process, and aided in the understanding of the flaws found in this process. However, a number of opportunities for extending and improving the AD model were identified. Among others, there is a need to incorporate quantitative information to complement the qualitative model.
Document ID
19990021259
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Briand, Lionel
(Centre de Recherche Informatique de Montreal Montreal, Quebec Canada)
Melo, Walcelio
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD United States)
Seaman, Carolyn
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD United States)
Basili, Victor
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Software Engineering Laboratory Series: Collected Software Engineering Papers
Volume: 13
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Meeting Information
Meeting: ICSE ''95
Location: Seattle, WA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 1, 1995
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF 01-5-24845
CONTRACT_GRANT: IBM-91-1-20011
CONTRACT_GRANT: NsG-5123
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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