Abstract
In this paper, we attempt to understand what contributes to a successful process for managing legacy system evolution. We provide an analysis of a number of key performance indicators such as cost, duration, and defects. By normalizing through function points, we furthermore compare to a larger benchmark. To do so we performed a mixed, retrospective case study on a series of nine software releases and eight single once-only releases, all performing on a single, legacy software system, in a West-European telecom company. We interviewed eleven stakeholders that were closely involved in the subject software releases. As a result, we listed a number of observations from the quantitative and qualitative analysis. We found that a release process that performs above average on cost and duration satisfies stakeholders through fast response and direct value, even when the reliability and availability of the actual system is weak.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - International Conference on Software and System Process, ICSSP 2016 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 96-105 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450341882 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 14 May 2016 |
Event | International Conference on Software and System Process, ICSSP 2016 - Austin, United States Duration: 14 May 2016 → 15 May 2016 |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Software and System Process, ICSSP 2016 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Austin |
Period | 14/05/16 → 15/05/16 |
Keywords
- Cost duration matrix
- Release-based software engineering
- Scrum
- Software engineering economics