Support for Human Resource Allocation in Software Projects: An Approach Based on Satisfaction of Constraints

• Ahilton Silva Barreto UFRJ
• Márcio de Oliveira Barros UNIRIO
• Claudia Maria Lima Werner UFRJ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2005.16151

Abstract

One of the main decisions that has to be made by the manager in a software project is how to staff the project, because the result of this activity is closely related to software quality. This work presents a support approach to staffing a software project. The required characteristics to perform activities, the characteristics possessed by each person and a set of constraints related to attributes such as cost, experience and team size will be considered. Based on this information, teams that satisfy the biggest amount of constraints and that eventually prioritize some selected factors will be suggested.

Keywords: Human Resources, Software, Satisfaction of Restrictions

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