Objective
The objective of the OutSource project is to improve the software development processes at the project partners ATB and BLG in a manner that the most critical aspects of outsourcing, i.e. the requirements analysis, the system specification and the system design phases, can be managed. BLG and ATB are in the typical relation "outsourcing institution - outsourcing partner".
THE EXPERIMENT
The outsourcing experiment will focus on five topics: 1. Modification of basic modelling techniques: A set of basic modelling techniques which have been practice proven by ATB will be modified/fine-tuned with regard to outsourcing requirements 2. "Outsourcing milestones": Appropriate guidelines for "outsourcing milestones" will be defined. "Outsourcing milestones" are certain milestones at which the outsourcing institution is able to easily change outsourcing partners or to easily decide in favour or against outsourcing. 3. Team organisation aspects: Guidelines with regard to the choice of optimal team organisation parameters like size of teams, frequency of meetings etc. will be defined. 4. Application of metrices: First approaches for guidelines concerning the choice of most useful metrices with regard to outsourcing will be developed. 5. Assessment of software tools: Appropriate software tools will be tested and assessed with regard to outsourcing requirements.
The baseline project is the development of an information system concerning the loading and distribution of cars. This project is a typical example for outsourcing at BLG. ATB employs 16 people, 5 of which are directly involved in the baseline project.
EXPECTED IMPACT AND EXPERIENCE
After successful completion of the OutSource project, ATB as a small and specialised software-producing organisation will be enabled to better show its customers that outsourcing of software development has no drawbacks but on the other hand a lot of advantages. This will be a basis of an increase of ATB's annual turnover concerning the development of application-specific information systems. BLG will have gained experience in modern software engineering methods and modern development tools related to outsourcing. By this, BLG will be better enabled to successfully manage outsourcing in future.
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Germany
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