Models and Tools for Managing Development Processes

• Main Author: Westfechtel, Bernhard (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1999.
• Edition: 1st ed. 1999.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1646
• Subjects: Software engineering.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Management information systems.; Computer science.; Chemoinformatics.; Computational complexity.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.; Software Engineering.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Computer Applications in Chemistry.; Complexity.

The development of products in disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, or software engineering is a challenging task. Costs have to be reduced, the ti- to-market has to be shortened, and quality has to be improved. Skilled engineers andsophisticatedtoolsforsupportingtechnicalworkarenecessaryprer...

Table of Contents:

• Management of Development Processes: State of the Art
• Process Management
• Product Management
• Activity Management
• Resource Management
• Tool Integration
• A Management System for Mechanical Engineering
• The SUKITS Project
• Management Model: Informal Description
• Management Model: Formal Specification
• Management System
• Applications, Experiences, and Evaluation
• Toward an Adaptable Environment for Modeling and Managing Development Processes
• Overview
• Dynamic Task Nets
• Unified Multi-Project Resource Management
• Object-Oriented Process Modeling
• Current Status and Future Work.