STRATOS: Using visualization to support decisions in strategic software release planning

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Publication Date

4-2015

Abstract

Software is typically developed incrementally and released in stages. Planning these releases involves deciding which features of the system should be implemented for each release. This is a complex planning process involving numerous trade-offs-constraints and factors that often make decisions difficult. Since the success of a product depends on this plan, it is important to understand the trade-offs between different release plans in order to make an informed choice. We present STRATOS, a tool that simultaneously visualizes several software release plans. The visualization shows several attributes about each plan that are important to planners. Multiple plans are shown in a single layout to help planners find and understand the trade-offs between alternative plans. We evaluated our tool via a qualitative study and found that STRATOS enables a range of decision-making processes, helping participants decide on which plan is most optimal.

Keywords

Information visualization, Release planning, Software engineering

Discipline

Information Security

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2015 April 18 - 23

First Page

1479

Last Page

1488

ISBN

9781450331456

Identifier

10.1145/2702123.2702426

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

City or Country

New York

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702426

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