The way of designing a simulation software in order to evaluate the economic performance in software development

Abstract

Software development is economically attractive, not merely in software industries but rather in the whole economy. Multiple companies are interested in software economics. This paper introduces an approach to build a framework of a simulation software to analyse the economics of software development processes. We seek to clarify the general characteristics of a simulation software design. Our framework was implemented in the software PAS - Process analysis studio. Next to the operation model, we illustrated a valid application model. Special emphasis is put on the hooks which enable further modifications. The presented framework facilitates the discussion on the construction of simulation models. It divides the monolithic phrase into different model elements which have to be implemented in order to obtain a valid framework.