Measuring the Advantages of the Software Factories Approach

Andrej Krajnc, Marjan Hericko, Uros Goljat

Productivity is always critical, when developing new software. With use of classic approach, like single system development, productivity and quality numbers of the project developed are usually not good. New approaches help increase those numbers. In this paper, Software Factories approach and its benefits, mainly productivity and quality; were examined and evaluated against single system development.

Andrej Krajnc

Bio

Andrej Krajnc is a researcher and PhD student at the University of Maribor, Faculty of EE&CS, Institute of Informatics. He received his B.Sc. in computer science from the University of Maribor in 2006. His research work covers different aspect of Software Product Lines, Software Factories, .NET platform, object technology and software metrics. He worked in several industry projects.

Marjan Hericko

Bio

Marjan Hericko is a Full Professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of EE&CS, Institute of Informatics. He received his M.Sc. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) in computer science from the University of Maribor. His research interests include all aspects of IS development with emphasis on metrics, software patterns, process models and modeling.

Uros Goljat

Bio

Uros Goljat is a teaching assistant at the University of Maribor. His research work covers different aspect of object technology, Software Factories and .NET platform. He gained his practical experiences in cooperation with industry on several projects. Uros received his Computer Science B.Sc. in 2007 from University of Maribor.