Context

Exploiting software development related data from software-development intensive organizations to support tactical and strategic decision making is a challenge. Combining data-driven approaches with expert knowledge has been highlighted as a sensible approach for leading software-development intensive organizations to rightful decision-making improvements. However, most of the existing proposals lack of important aspects that hinders their industrial uptake such as: customization guidelines to fit the proposals to other contexts and/or automatic or semi-automatic data collection support for putting them forward in a real organization. As a result, existing proposals are rarely used in the industrial context.

Objective

Support software-development intensive organizations with guidance and tools for exploiting software development related data and expert knowledge to improve their decision making.

Method

We have developed a novel method called SESSI (Specification and Estimation of Software Strategic Indicators) that was articulated from industrial experiences with Nokia, Bittium, Softeam and iTTi in the context of Q-Rapids European project following a design science approach. As part of the industrial summative evaluation, we performed the first case study focused on the application of the method.

Results

We detail the phases and steps of the SESSI method and illustrate its application in the development of ModelioNG, a software product of Modeliosoft development firm.

Conclusion

The application of the SESSI method in the context of ModelioNG case study has provided us with useful feedback to improve the method and has evidenced that applying the method was feasible in this context.

中文翻译：

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一种估算软件开发中软件战略指标的方法：一种工业应用

语境

利用来自软件开发密集型组织的软件开发相关数据来支持战术和战略决策是一项挑战。将数据驱动的方法与专家知识相结合已被强调为一种明智的方法，可用于引导软件开发密集型组织进行正确的决策改进。但是，大多数现有建议书都缺少阻碍其工业应用的重要方面，例如：使建议书适合其他情况的自定义指南和/或自动或半自动数据收集支持，以将其提交到实际组织中。结果，现有建议很少在工业环境中使用。

目的

通过软件开发相关数据和专家知识的指导和工具，为软件开发密集型组织提供支持，以改善他们的决策。

方法

我们已经开发出一种称为SESSI（软件战略指标的规范和估计）的新颖方法，该方法是根据Q-Rapids欧洲项目的设计科学方法，结合诺基亚，Bittium，Softeam和iTTi的行业经验进行阐述的。作为行业总结评估的一部分，我们进行了第一个案例研究，重点是该方法的应用。

结果

我们详细介绍了SESSI方法的阶段和步骤，并说明了其在Modeliosoft开发公司的软件产品ModelioNG的开发中的应用。

结论

SESSI方法在ModelioNG案例研究中的应用为我们提供了有用的反馈意见，以改进该方法，并证明了在这种情况下应用该方法是可行的。