Markov Decision Theory-Based Crowdsourcing Software Process Model

2022 ◽  
pp. 194-211
Author(s):  
Kamalendu Pal
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Decision Theory ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Human Intelligence ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Markov Decision Theory ◽  
Markov Decision ◽  
Development Processes

The word crowdsourcing, a compound contraction of crowd and outsourcing, was introduced by Jeff Howe in order to define outsourcing to the crowd. It is a sourcing model in which individuals or organizations obtain goods and services. These services include ideas and development of software or hardware, or any other business-task from a large, relatively open and often rapidly-evolving group of internet users; it divides work between participants to achieve a cumulative result. It has been used for completing various human intelligence tasks in the past, and this is an emerging form of outsourcing software development as it has the potential to significantly reduce the implementation cost. This chapter analyses the process of software development at a crowdsourced platform. The work analyses and identifies the phase wise deliverables in a competitive software development problem. It also proposes the use of Markov decision theory to model the dynamics of the development processes of a software by using a simulated example.

Markov Decision Theory-Based Crowdsourcing Software Process Model

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Kamalendu Pal
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Decision Theory ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Human Intelligence ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Markov Decision Theory ◽  
Markov Decision ◽  
Development Processes

The word crowdsourcing, a compound contraction of crowd and outsourcing, was introduced by Jeff Howe in order to define outsourcing to the crowd. It is a sourcing model in which individuals or organizations obtain goods and services. These services include ideas and development of software or hardware, or any other business-task from a large, relatively open and often rapidly-evolving group of internet users; it divides work between participants to achieve a cumulative result. It has been used for completing various human intelligence tasks in the past, and this is an emerging form of outsourcing software development as it has the potential to significantly reduce the implementation cost. This chapter analyses the process of software development at a crowdsourced platform. The work analyses and identifies the phase wise deliverables in a competitive software development problem. It also proposes the use of Markov decision theory to model the dynamics of the development processes of a software by using a simulated example.

Modeling Software Development Processes

2010 ◽  
pp. 31-62
Author(s):  
Gerhard Chroust ◽  
Marco Kuhrmann ◽  
Erwin Schoitsch
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Extensive Discussion ◽  
Specific Process ◽  
Human Aspects ◽  
Modeling Software ◽  
Development Processes

In this chapter the authors discuss the WHY and WHAT of modeling software development processes: defining the components of a software process and proposing 5-dimensional grid of attributes of existing models: strategy and path, levels, main subprocesses, components and aura. Specific process models, currently used or historically important, are described. This is followed by an extensive discussion of methods for and problems of modeling a software process, followed by a shorter discussion on the enactment of process models via software engineering environments. The chapter closes with a discussion of the human aspects concerning introduction and enactment of a process model.

scholarly journals CMMI and Ideal in Software Process Improvement

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
The Ideal

Different models and standards have been developed with the purpose of improving software development processes and obtaining quality products and achieving customer satisfaction. Despite the efforts that organizations make, they do not always achieve these results. In this article we present the results of the implementation of best practices established by the CMMI model using the IDEAL and SCAMPI B methodology. The results show that applying best practices helps organizations to improve their processes, minimize the number of defects and increase customer satisfaction. Likewise, the critical factors that were considered and aspects to be considered in the deployment of processes are presented.

Software Process Asset Libraries Using Knowledge Repositories

2009 ◽  
pp. 465-475
Author(s):  
Leonardo Bermón-Angarita ◽  
Antonio Amescua-Seco ◽  
Maria Isabel Sánchez-Segura ◽  
Javier García-Guzmán
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Process Engineering ◽  
Knowledge Repositories ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
New Generation

This paper establishes the incorporation of knowledge management techniques as a means to improve actual software process asset libraries. It presents how knowledge management contributes to the creation of a new generation of process libraries as repositories of knowledge as well as the mechanisms to allow the acquisition, storage, collaborating, sharing and distribution of knowledge related to the software development processes. It exposes aspects about organization and structure of this kind of digital libraries oriented to software process engineering, defining a lifecycle of the software process assets and a set of services and functions for its effective use in small and medium software development enterprises.

The Application of Requirement Engineering Model in Large Software Development Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 267 ◽  
pp. 193-198
Author(s):  
Rong Fa Tang ◽  
Xiao Yu Huang
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Requirement Engineering ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
Engineering Process ◽  
Software Products ◽  
Quality Product ◽  
Software Engineering Process ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
Requirement Engineering Process

Requirements engineering is the initial phase of software engineering process in which user requirements are collected, understood, and specified for developing quality software products. The requirement engineering process deserves a stronger attention in the industrial practices. In this paper, we proposed an effective requirement engineering process model for software development that can be used for software development processes to produce a quality product.

scholarly journals Enriching Software Process Support by Knowledge-Based Techniques

1997 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 185-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Dellen ◽  
Frank Maurer ◽  
Jürgen Münch ◽  
Martin Verlage
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Process Support ◽  
Complex Design ◽  
General Complex ◽  
Engineering Environment ◽  
Development Processes

Representations of activities dealing with the development or maintenance of software are called software process models. Process models allow for communication, reasoning, guidance, improvement, and automation. Two approaches for modeling processes and instantiating and managing the process models, namely CoMo-Kit and MVP-E, are combined to build a more powerful one. CoMo-Kit is based on AI/KE technology; it is a support tool system for general complex design processes, and was not been developed specifically with software development processes in mind. MVP-E is a process-sensitive software engineering environment for modeling and analyzing software development processes, and guides software developers. Additionally, it provides services to establish and run measurement programmes in software organizations. Because both approaches were developed independently from one another, major integration efforts had to be made to combine both their advantages. This article concentrates on the resulting language concepts, and their operationalization necessary for building automated process support.

On the Rim Between Business Processes and Software Systems

2019 ◽  
pp. 170-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Estrela Ferreira da Cruz ◽  
Ricardo J. Machado ◽  
Maribel Yasmina Santos
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Business Process Model ◽  
Constant Change ◽  
Development Processes

The constant change and rising complexity of organizations, mainly due to the transforming nature of their business processes, has driven the increase of interest in business process management by organizations. It is recognized that knowing business processes can help to ensure that the software under development will meet the business needs. Some of software development processes (like unified process) already refer to business process modeling as a first effort in the software development process. A business process model usually is created under the supervision, clarification, approval, and validation of the business stakeholders. Thus, a business process model is a proper representation of the reality (as is or to be), having lots of useful information that can be used in the development of the software system that will support the business. The chapter uses the information existing in business process models to derive software models specially focused in generating a data model.

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