Publication Date

5-2013

Advisor(s) - Committee Chair

David W. Erbach (Director), Qi Li, Rong Yang

Degree Program

Department of Computer Science

Degree Type

Master of Science

Abstract

The quality of information systems in any organization helps to determine the
efficiency of the organization. Many organizations maintain a custom software portfolio, whose quality is important to the organization. Management would like to optimize the portfolio’s quality. Decisions about software replacement or enhancement are made based on organizational needs and priorities. The development resources allocated help in determining the quality of new software, and should be put to optimal use. Enhancing existing software might sound cheap and easy but it is not always efficient. This thesis proposes a simulation model - iKriya - for this problem. It explores the consequences of various development and maintenance policies which might be applied.These depend on the state of existing software portfolio, the queue and properties of proposed projects, and the resources available. Optimal decisions are made by the simulator by taking the above mentioned factors into consideration.

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Databases and Information Systems | Software Engineering | Systems Architecture

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