Improving software development process through economic mechanism design


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Yilmaz M., O'Connor R. V., Collins J.

17th European Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement, EuroSPI 2010, Grenoble, France, 1 - 03 September 2010, vol.99 CCIS, pp.177-188 identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Volume: 99 CCIS
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/978-3-642-15666-3_16
  • City: Grenoble
  • Country: France
  • Page Numbers: pp.177-188
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

We introduce the novel concept of applying economic mechanism design to software development process, and aim to find ways to adjust the incentives and disincentives of the software organization to align them with the motivations of the participants in order to maximize the delivered value of a software project. We envision a set of principles to design processes that allow people to be self motivated but constantly working toward project goals. The resulting economic mechanism will rely on game theoretic principles (i.e. Stackelberg games) for leveraging the incentives, goals and motivation of the participants in the service of project and organizational goals. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.