Objective The increasing change of pace of customer markets is driving the need for software companies to be able to deliver high quality solutions in ever diminishing time scales to meet the customers changing business needs. This is the main driver for this experiment whose objectives are: - Get products to market faster- Get products to market at reduced cost- Get products to market more efficiently- Increase tool, process and component reuse- Increase flexibility of productsTHE EXPERIMENT To achieve the above objectives requires the improvement of methods and tools as follows1. RAD to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of combining a RAD and 'V' life cycle2. Unit test and analysis to experiment with alternative and potentially more efficient Unit Test and Analysis approaches3. Object Orientation to assess the impact of application to the 'V' element of the life cycle.4. System Test and Unit Test buddy scheme to experiment with alternative and potentially more efficient System and Unit Test approaches5. Extending RAD to determine the point at which a RAD approach compromises product quality6. The Quality System to assess the impact of automation of current ISO9001 system 7. Cost Of Quality (COQ)/Waste analysis using Function Point Analysis EXPECTED IMPACT AND EXPERIENCE The following impact is expected 1. Advancement of overall development practice from conventional 'V' to the Hybrid RAD/'V' life cycle, applying the two approaches to the areas of development that they best apply2. Enhanced capability and tools to undertake classical and Object Oriented design3. Improved testing techniques including automation of unit, system and static testing4. Automated ISO9001 Quality Management System5. Reduced waste in terms of errors produced and process inefficiency Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresocial sciencessociologyindustrial relationsautomation Programme(s) FP4-ESSI 2 - Software Best Practice initiative within the framework of the specific research and technological development programme in the field of Information Technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 1.28 - Process Improvement Experiments Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme ACM - Preparatory, accompanying and support measures Coordinator Fame Computers Ltd EU contribution No data Address Fame House Aston Science Park Ashted Lock B7 4AZ Birmingham United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data
