The Design and Development of a Gaming Interface for the System Dynamics Model of Software Project Management

Abstract

Software project managers have been plagued in the software development process with an infamous reputation for cost overruns, late deliveries, poor reliability and user's dissatisfaction. The Dynamica Model of Software Project Management has been designed to support the management of the software development process. The objective of this thesis is to enhance the user interface to the Dynamica Model of Software Project Management by incorporating Gaming. More specifically, software project managers will be able to stop a simulation of a software development project at different intervals, assess project status, and react by altering project variables in real time. This mirrors the dynamic decision making process that software project managers experience in a real world environment. Keywords: Software; Military theses; Software project management; System dynamics; Gaming interface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209484

Entities

People

  • Edward Tulenko

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assimilation
  • California
  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Overruns
  • Dynamics
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Project Management
  • Security
  • Simulators
  • Software Development
  • Time Intervals
  • Training
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.