DECIDEReleaseDECIDEReleaseMethod Engineering - PresentationMethod Engineering - Presentation

Maarten HuijsMaarten Huijs

PurposePurpose• The process of developing and delivering software to

stakeholders is often done in releases.• Release Planning refers to the ability to divide different

features among multiple releases.• DECIDERelease aims to maximize the effectiveness of

releasing software. • Combining multiple methods to aid the product manager in

the release process• Increasing the robustness and thus the quality of the

decision-making process, which is critical for Release Planning.

OriginsOrigins• First mentioned in: • Al-Emran, A., Pfahl, D., & Ruhe, G. (2010). Decision

Support for Product Release Planning Based on Robustness Analysis. In Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), 2010 18th IEEE International (pp. 157–166).

AuthorAuthor

• Ahmed Al-Emran• BSc in Computer Science and

Engineering• MSc in Software Engineering• PhD (In Progress) in

Software Engineering

AuthorAuthor

• Dietmar Pfahl• Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of

Calgary

AuthorAuthor

• Dr. Günther Ruhe• Professor at the University of Calgary,

Canada.• Leading a research team focusing on the

area of software engineering and decision support

• CEO ReleasePlanner

Main phasesMain phases

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Features per Features per StakeholdersStakeholders

Release PlanningRelease Planning

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Related literatureRelated literature

A product manager is currently spending 60% on:- planning the roadmap - generating release plans - using no specific release method (ad hoc).

Using ReleasePlanner there is an increased efficiency that allows a product manager to spend only 20% of their time on doing the same.

Momoh, Ruhe (2006)

Momoh J., Ruhe G. (2006) Release Planning Process Improvement – An Industrial Case Study. Software Process Improvement 6(11) 295–307 Interscience wiley DOI: 10.1002/ spip.273

Related literatureRelated literatureAl-Emran, A., Pfahl, D., & Ruhe, G. (2010). A HYBRID METHOD FOR ADVANCE DECISION SUPPORT IN STRATEGIC PRODUCT RELEASE PLANNING. Software Engineering decision support laboratory, 8(2), 88-95.

Example of DECIDERelease

Related literatureRelated literature

Ruhe, Saliu (2005) Ruhe, Ngo-The (2004)

Related literatureRelated literatureAl-Emran, A., Pfahl, D., & Ruhe, G. (2010). Decision Support for Product Release Planning Based on Robustness Analysis. In Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), 2010 18th IEEE International (pp. 157–166).

Explanation of the combination of different methods

Momoh, Ruhe (2006)

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