KBSA Life Cycle Evaluation, Volume 1
Abstract
The objective of this research effort was to develop and validate technical approaches for evaluating the effects of Knowledge Based Software Assistant (KBSA) and Evolutionary Design of Complex Software (EDCS) process concepts and technology on software development effort and schedule, and to use these technical approaches to perform comparative evaluations of technology. The approach taken for this research included four tasks. The first was to characterize sources of software technology in the context of recent and emerging software trends. The second was to develop models and an evaluation framework providing a baseline for assessing the effects of software technology on software development effort and schedule. The third task used these models to evaluate KBSA, EDCS and commercial technology with respect to the baseline. The fourth task formulated conclusions and recommendations based upon the results of the study. The report is divided into two volumes because of its length. The first volume documents the study and summarizes the data and results. The second volume provides additional detail on the models and the evaluations performed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA371623
Entities
People
- A. Winsor Brown
- Barry Boehm
- Prasanta Bose
Organizations
- University of Southern California