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A Method for Balancing Short- and Long-Term Investments: Quality vs. Features

Authors:

Markus Lindgren, Rikard Land, Christer Norström, Anders Wall

Research group:

Embedded Systems Software Engineering

Publication Type:

Conference/Workshop Paper

Venue:

In Proc. 34th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications

Publisher:

IEEE Computer Society

Abstract

There are a number of conflicting forces between short- and long-term considerations for software release planning in industry. For example, from a business perspective it is usually desired with a short time-to-market. However, from software quality perspective it is usually desired to have a longer time-to-market such that the proper architectural mechanisms can be put in place, which in the long-term reduce development cost and addresses quality aspects. In this paper we outline some of these conflicting forces, with a focus on long-lived systems, and examplify how they impact product quality and time-to-market.In this paper we propose a simple, but useful, extension of the release planning process that addresses these conflicting forces. The method is inspired from empirical data captured in a multiple case study involving 7 companies.

Bibtex

@inproceedings{Lindgren1273,
author = {Markus Lindgren and Rikard Land and Christer Norstr{\"o}m and Anders Wall},
title = {A Method for Balancing Short- and Long-Term Investments: Quality vs. Features},
month = {September},
year = {2008},
booktitle = {In Proc. 34th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
url = {http://www.es.mdu.se/publications/1273-}
}