| Thoughts on the Role of Formalisms in Studying Software Evolution (2001) | |||||||||||||
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| This paper presents a system dynamics model of a long-term software evolution process as an example of process behavioural formalism and shows how the model permits assessment of the impact of various policies on evolutionary attributes. The model provides a context and framework within which at least three crucial software management tasks, resource allocation, release planning, and process performance monitoring can be tackled. It is part of and exemplifies the methods for software process modelling being developed and applied in the FEAST, Feedback, Evolution And Software Technology, projects. 1 | |||||||||||||
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