Objective
TTS delivers turnkey robot production systems with customised software for the shipbuilding industry. The customised software products are very similar, e.g. they have approximately 90% common source code, but not identical. The customised software accounts for approx. 25% of the total source code of a typical TTS contract, while the life cycle costs related to customised software accounts for in the area of 50%. The project objective is to reduce the life-cycle cost of products in a series of similar, but not identical customised software. The life-cycle cost will be reduced by putting more effort into the development of the base software. Re-usability of source code, documentation and maintenance are the main items which will be addressed. The primary goal is to reduce the life-cycle costs of customised software with 30% over a product series of four similar, but not identical products. The problem TTS faces with a large number of similar, but not identical customised software products is very common in the SME segment of the automation and production system industry.
THE EXPERIMENT
The scope of the project is to create a framework, that is tools, techniques and training for handling series of similar, but not identical software products. The experiment will be carried out in three phases. Firstly, the tools and techniques for implementing such a framework are acquired and implemented at TTS. The second phase is the actual implementation of the experiment. Revision training and dissemination are carried out in the last phase. The baseline project will be the development of the new TTS PC based CAD-robot interface software starting in 1997. TTS' software developing unit consists of 9 people.
EXPECTED IMPACT AND EXPERIENCE
It is a goal for TTS that the quality of the customised software shall approach the level of standard software. Further on, the resources involved with supporting and maintaining this type of software shall coincide with the size and complexity of the source code. Notice, the most important deliverable from this experiment is the organisation consisting of trained personnel and the knowledge of how to implement the techniques derived in this project.
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N5061 Kokstad
Norway
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