A constraint-driven human resource scheduling method in software development and maintenance process

Abstract

Software processes are highly people-dependent and knowledge transfer-centric compared to traditional manufacturing processes. Different people are responsible for different types of knowledge transformation according to the skill set and expertise they master. This adds a great deal of complicated factors in resolving the scheduling problem in software development and maintenance process planning. The existing human resource scheduling methods do not take into account the differences between human resource capabilities and capacities in processes execution. This paper presents a constraint-driven human resource scheduling method in software development and maintenance process. A constraint model is set up based on the software process model and human resource model. A constraint-driven scheduling method is provided to realize the optimal human resource scheduling in software development and maintenance process. The method can be used in the mature organizations whose human resources have the determinate capabilities. It provides the excellent decision support to the project manager.

The Optimization Research on the Human Resource Allocation Planning in Software Projects

“…proposed an integrated and efficient computational method to solve the software resource selecting problem [1]; Lixin Zhou constructed a software project human resource allocation model to realize the goal of selecting the optimal human resource allocation solution [2]; Junchao Xiao etc. proposed a human resource scheduling method in software development and maintenance process to schedule human resources to appropriate positions [3]; Li Xiangquan built the human resource scheduling model in software project, and designed a genetic algorithm to solve the problem [4].…”

Dynamic Resource Scheduling in Disruption-Prone Software Development Environments

“…The human resource model proposed in [29] is used to describe human resources. Each human resource is described by its identification (ID), executable activity type set (EATS), skill set (SKLS), experience data (EXPD), schedulable time and workload (STMW), together with salary per person-hour (SALR).…”

“…Thus a key problem in software project management is appropriate human resource scheduling. Effective resource scheduling should ensure that assigned resources have the capability and capacity to execute their assigned tasks, that resource contention is minimized, project efficiency is maximized, and that organizational value and customer satisfaction are increased [3,28,29].…”