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Job Rotation for the Competencies Maintaining: A Case Study in IT Project Management

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions I, 20th International Conference (DCAI 2023)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ((LNNS,volume 741))

Abstract

This paper deals with scheduling in software development organizations. A new version of the software project scheduling problem (SPSP) is considered that takes into account the phenomenon of learning and forgetting. Their impact on maintaining the competencies level of employees is important, especially in case of occurrence of unplanned events, such as absenteeism and/or change in the priorities of projects. The paper proposes a new reference declarative SPSP model for proactive planning of assignments of multi-skilled programmers to tasks in the portfolio of a network of activities in IT projects, taking into account forgetting effects. It’s implementation in the constraints programming environment, enables decision-making in project management at software companies. It helps to solve the problem of finding a feasible solution, and identifying conditions under which given expectations are met. The potential of the proposed SPSP model is illustrated by numerical examples.

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  1. Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science, Koszalin University of Technology, Sniadeckich 2, 75-453, Koszalin, Poland

    Eryk Szwarc, Grzegorz Bocewicz & Zbigniew Banaszak

  2. Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology, ul. Jacka Rychlewskiego 2, 60-965, Poznań, Poland

    Paulina Golińska-Dawson

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  4. Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland

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Szwarc, E., Golińska-Dawson, P., Bocewicz, G., Banaszak, Z. (2023). Job Rotation for the Competencies Maintaining: A Case Study in IT Project Management. In: Mehmood, R., et al. Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions I, 20th International Conference. DCAI 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 741. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38318-2_2

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