Understanding software process redesign using modeling, analysis and simulation

Software process redesign (SPR) is concerned with the development and application of concepts, techniques and tools for dramatically improving or optimizing software processes. This paper introduces how software process modeling, analysis and simulation may be used to support software process redesign. This includes an approach to explicitly modeling process redesign knowledge, analyzing processes for redesign, and simulating processes before, during and after redesign. A discussion follows which identifies a number of topic areas that require further study in order to make SPR a subject of software process research and practice. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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