MIT Libraries logoDSpace@MIT

MIT
View Item 
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • View Item
  • DSpace@MIT Home
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • MIT Open Access Articles
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Using System Dynamics to Analyze the Effect of Funding Fluctuations on Software Development

Author(s)
Trammell, Travis; Madnick, Stuart E.; Moulton, Allen
Thumbnail
DownloadMadnick_Using system.pdf (516.8Kb)
OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY

Open Access Policy

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike

Terms of use
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Almost everyone understands that budget fluctuations have an impact on software development, but it is difficult to estimate the magnitude of the impact and all the causes. This paper uses System Dynamics modeling to examine how gaps in funding affect software development productivity and product delivery delay. The results provide decision makers with an improved sense of the negative impacts of budget fluctuations. Two key insights include the “ramp up tax” that slows development and the “gap tax” due to the loss of project-related skill and familiarity when employees are transferred off of a project and then return. The model experiments also compare the different impacts of temporarily stopping a project versus stretching out a project by temporarily reducing the funding level.
Date issued
2013-10
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98916
Department
MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center; Sloan School of Management
Journal
Proceedings of the 34th International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2013 (ASEM 2013)
Publisher
American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)
Citation
Trammell, Travis, Stuart Madnick, and Allen Moulton. "Using System Dynamics to Analyze the Effect of Funding Fluctuations on Software Development." 34th International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management 2013 (ASEM 2013).
Version: Original manuscript
ISBN
9781632660541

Collections
  • MIT Open Access Articles

Browse

All of DSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

OA StatisticsStatistics by CountryStatistics by Department
MIT Libraries
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibilityContact us
MIT
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.