Application of re-estimation in re-planning of software product releases
(2010) ICSP 2010 - International Conference on Software Process, July 08-09 In Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6195. p.260-272- Abstract
- Context: Re-planning of product releases is a very dynamic endeavor and new research methods or improvements of existing methods are still required. This paper explores the role of re-estimation in the re-planning process of product releases.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze effects of defect and effort re-estimation in the process of release re-planning. In particular, two questions are answered: Question 1: In the absence of re-estimation, does conducting replanning have any advantages over not conducting re-planning? Question 2: In the case of re-planning, does conducting re-estimation have any advantages over not conducting re-estimation?
Method: The proposed method H2W-Pred extends the existing... (More) - Context: Re-planning of product releases is a very dynamic endeavor and new research methods or improvements of existing methods are still required. This paper explores the role of re-estimation in the re-planning process of product releases.
Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze effects of defect and effort re-estimation in the process of release re-planning. In particular, two questions are answered: Question 1: In the absence of re-estimation, does conducting replanning have any advantages over not conducting re-planning? Question 2: In the case of re-planning, does conducting re-estimation have any advantages over not conducting re-estimation?
Method: The proposed method H2W-Pred extends the existing H2W re-planning method by accommodating dynamic updates on defect and effort estimates whenever re-planning takes place. Based on the updates, effort for development of new functionality needs to be re-adjusted and balanced against the additional effort necessary to ensure quality early. The proposed approach is illustrated by case examples with simulated data.
Results: The simulation results show that conducting re-planning yields better release value in terms of functionality than not conducting re-planning. Furthermore, performing re-estimation when doing re-planning generates a portfolio of solutions that help balance trade-offs between several aspects of release value, e.g., between functionality and quality.
Conclusion: If the development of a product release requires balancing between potentially conflictive aspects, such as quality vs. functionality, then re-estimation in the re-planning process is beneficial. (Less)
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- Al-Emran, Ahmed ; Fadallah, Anas ; Paikari, Elham ; Pfahl, Dietmar LU and Ruhe, Günther
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- 2010
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- New modeling concepts for today's software processes / Lecture notes in computer science
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- volume
- 6195
- pages
- 260 - 272
- publisher
- Springer
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- ICSP 2010 - International Conference on Software Process, July 08-09
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- Paderborn, Germany
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- 2010-07-08 - 2010-07-09
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- scopus:77955505949
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- 0302-9743
- 1611-3349
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- 978-3-642-14346-5
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- 10.1007/978-3-642-14347-2_23
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- English
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abstract = {{Context: Re-planning of product releases is a very dynamic endeavor and new research methods or improvements of existing methods are still required. This paper explores the role of re-estimation in the re-planning process of product releases. <br/><br>
Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze effects of defect and effort re-estimation in the process of release re-planning. In particular, two questions are answered: Question 1: In the absence of re-estimation, does conducting replanning have any advantages over not conducting re-planning? Question 2: In the case of re-planning, does conducting re-estimation have any advantages over not conducting re-estimation? <br/><br>
Method: The proposed method H2W-Pred extends the existing H2W re-planning method by accommodating dynamic updates on defect and effort estimates whenever re-planning takes place. Based on the updates, effort for development of new functionality needs to be re-adjusted and balanced against the additional effort necessary to ensure quality early. The proposed approach is illustrated by case examples with simulated data. <br/><br>
Results: The simulation results show that conducting re-planning yields better release value in terms of functionality than not conducting re-planning. Furthermore, performing re-estimation when doing re-planning generates a portfolio of solutions that help balance trade-offs between several aspects of release value, e.g., between functionality and quality. <br/><br>
Conclusion: If the development of a product release requires balancing between potentially conflictive aspects, such as quality vs. functionality, then re-estimation in the re-planning process is beneficial.}},
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