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Process-Oriented Interactive Simulation of Software Acquisition Projects

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The software acquisition process model Garp [3], developed at DaimlerChrysler, is a tool for process improvement and assessment. It comprises many, temporally, concurrently, and non-deterministically linked process steps and a huge amount of best practice information associated with them.

Garp is mainly designed for experts. We argue why it is essential in the process improvement environment to also have a facility which explains process dynamics and why an interactive simulation is suitable for this. The paper describes the design of an interactive simulation framework, which allows to map Garp (and with it any other similar process model) straightforwardly to a project simulation game.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science Department of Software Methodology, University of Ulm, Germany

    Tobias Häberlein

  2. DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology, USA

    Thomas Gantner

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Computer Science Department, Shahid Bahonar University, 22 Bahman Bulvard, Kerman, Iran

    Hassan Shafazand

  2. Fraunhofer IPSI, Dolivostr. 15, 64293, Darmstadt, Germany

    Hassan Shafazand

  3. Institute of Software Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 9/188, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    A. Min Tjoa

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Häberlein, T., Gantner, T. (2002). Process-Oriented Interactive Simulation of Software Acquisition Projects. In: Shafazand, H., Tjoa, A.M. (eds) EurAsia-ICT 2002: Information and Communication Technology. EurAsia-ICT 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2510. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36087-5_93

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