A model of correlated team behaviour in a software development environment

Thomas E. Potok; Mladen A. Vouk

doi:10.1109/ASSET.1999.756781

A model of correlated team behaviour in a software development environment

Thomas E. Potok, Mladen A. Vouk

Computer Science and Mathematics Div

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Abstract

In today's highly competitive software development environments, accurately estimating software duration and cost can often mean the difference between project success or failure. Traditional software development estimation techniques often assume that software development teams operate independently from task to task. This assumption allows task covariances to be ignored. However, there is ample evidence that, in practice, the behaviour of a software development team over a project life-cycle has strong «memory» of previous tasks and external influences. This means that the accuracy of software development estimates may suffer due to this simplifying assumption of no-correlation. We present a model that we use to describe correlated team behaviour in a software development environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	280-283
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	0769501222, 9780769501222
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSET.1999.756781
State	Published - 1999
Event	2nd IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999 - Richardson, United States Duration: Mar 24 1999 → Mar 27 1999

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Name	Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999

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Conference	2nd IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999
Country/Territory	United States
City	Richardson
Period	03/24/99 → 03/27/99

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by the Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation for the U. S. Department of Energy, under contract number DE-AC05-96OR22464. This submitted manuscript has been authored by a contractor of the U. S. Government under Contract No. DE-AC05-96OR22464.

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Potok, T. E., & Vouk, M. A. (1999). A model of correlated team behaviour in a software development environment. In Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999 (pp. 280-283). Article 756781 (Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSET.1999.756781

Potok, Thomas E. ; Vouk, Mladen A. / A model of correlated team behaviour in a software development environment. Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1999. pp. 280-283 (Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999).

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Potok, TE & Vouk, MA 1999, A model of correlated team behaviour in a software development environment. in Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999., 756781, Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 280-283, 2nd IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999, Richardson, United States, 03/24/99. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSET.1999.756781

A model of correlated team behaviour in a software development environment. / Potok, Thomas E.; Vouk, Mladen A.
Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1999. p. 280-283 756781 (Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999).

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Potok TE, Vouk MA. A model of correlated team behaviour in a software development environment. In Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 1999. p. 280-283. 756781. (Proceedings - 1999 IEEE Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering and Technology, ASSET 1999). doi: 10.1109/ASSET.1999.756781

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