Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
The software development process is an incremental and iterative activity.
Source code is constantly altered to reflect changing requirements, to respond to
testing results, and to address problem reports. Proper software measurement that
derives meaningful numeric values for some attributes of a software product or
process can help in identifying problem areas and development bottlenecks. Impact
analysis is the evaluation of the risks associated with change requests or problem
reports, including estimates of effects on resources, effort, and schedule. This thesis
presents a methodology called VITA for applying software analysis techniques to
configuration management repository data with the aim of identifying the impact on
file changes due to change requests and problem reports. The repository data can be
analyzed and visualized in a semi-automated manner according to user-selectable
criteria. The approach is illustrated with a model problem concerning software
process improvement of an embedded software system in the context of performing
high-quality software maintenance.
Source code is constantly altered to reflect changing requirements, to respond to
testing results, and to address problem reports. Proper software measurement that
derives meaningful numeric values for some attributes of a software product or
process can help in identifying problem areas and development bottlenecks. Impact
analysis is the evaluation of the risks associated with change requests or problem
reports, including estimates of effects on resources, effort, and schedule. This thesis
presents a methodology called VITA for applying software analysis techniques to
configuration management repository data with the aim of identifying the impact on
file changes due to change requests and problem reports. The repository data can be
analyzed and visualized in a semi-automated manner according to user-selectable
criteria. The approach is illustrated with a model problem concerning software
process improvement of an embedded software system in the context of performing
high-quality software maintenance.
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