CCE Faculty Articles
Process Analysis of a Waterfall Project Using Repository Data
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
International Journal of Computers and Applications
ISSN
1206-212X
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
The study of repository data has yielded insight into the behaviour of developers and qualities of software artifacts. In this article, we use repository data to investigate the nature and quality of the development process itself. Specifically, we use repository data to identify sources of potential inefficiency and waste in process design and execution. Our analysis approach is motivated by principles of Lean product development and fills a gap in the literature for empirical process metrics. To illustrate the approach, we analyse data from a large industry project involving CMM level 3 and 4 teams in a waterfall process. Both basic and focused analyses are presented, with eight different views of progress, efficiency, and cost.
DOI
10.2316/Journal.202.2011.1.202-2986
Volume
33
Issue
1
First Page
49
Last Page
56
NSUWorks Citation
Van Hilst, Michael; Huang, Shihong; and Lindsay, Hugh, "Process Analysis of a Waterfall Project Using Repository Data" (2011). CCE Faculty Articles. 481.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_facarticles/481