A theory of value for value-based feature selection in software engineering
Rodríguez, Pilar; Urquhart, Cathy; Mendes, Emilia (2020-05-06)
P. Rodríguez, C. Urquhart and E. Mendes, "A Theory of Value for Value-Based Feature Selection in Software Engineering," in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 466-484, 1 Feb. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TSE.2020.2989666
© 2020 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020051126031
Tiivistelmä
Abstract
Value-Based Software Engineering stresses the role of value in software related decisions. In the context of feature selection, software features judged to provide higher value take priority in the development process. This paper focuses on what value means when selecting software features. Using grounded theory, we conducted and analyzed semi-structured interviews with 21 key stakeholders (decision-makers) from three software/software-intensive companies, within a context where value-based decision-making was already established. Our analysis led to the building of a theory of value for value-based feature selection that identifies the nature of value propositions considered by key stakeholders when selecting software features (i.e. decision-making criteria for deciding upon software features, as suggested by Boehm (2003)). We found that some value propositions were common to all three company cases (core value propositions), whereas others were dependent upon the context in which a company operates, and the characteristics of the product under development (specific value propositions). Moreover, value propositions vary according to the stakeholder group and the type of feature being assessed. Our study provides significant insight into value in the context of feature selection, and generates new concepts around value-based feature selection such as new value propositions.
Kokoelmat
- Avoin saatavuus [32009]
Samankaltainen aineisto
Näytetään aineisto, joilla on samankaltaisia nimekkeitä, tekijöitä tai asiasanoja.
-
Continuous software engineering in the development of software-intensive products : towards a reference model for continuous software engineering
Karvonen, Teemu
Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. A, Scientiae rerum naturalium : 695 (University of Oulu, 24.10.2017) -
Preliminary insights to enable automation of the software development process in software StartUps : an investigation study from the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning
Borges, Olimar; Lenarduzzi, Valentina; Prikladnicki, Rafael (Association for Computing Machinery, 17.10.2022) -
SRCMIMM : the software requirements change management and implementation maturity model in the domain of global software development industry
Akbar, Muhammad Azeem; Khan, Arif Ali; Mahmood, Sajjad; Mishra, Alok
Information technology & management (Springer Nature, 27.04.2022)