Empirical Evaluation of KBSA Technology.

Abstract

This report evaluates the potential impact of Knowledge-Based Software Assistant (KBSA) Technology on software development productivity and software quality, and is submitted by Andersen Consulting to Rome Laboratory as a deliverable under contract-F3O6O2-93-C-O198. The empirical study - including both controlled experiments and a survey of industrial field experience - compared the impact of KBSA functionality to state-of-the market software development technologies. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the impact of core KBSA Technology: evolution transformations. As a benchmark, Andersen compared the productivity and software quality impacts of this technology with that of the level of functionality present in leading object-oriented Computer-Assisted Software Engineering (00-CASE) tools. The data collected lead to a conclnsion that KBSA Technology does have a positive and observable impact on software development productivity and software quality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA329322

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