期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2005
卷号：2
页码：659-659
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：Software technology and computing resources have evolved and developed considerably over the
past years and may be considered as the backbone of many business ventures today. However, the
software project management environment has also changed and is continuously evolving. Currently
software projects are developed and deployed in distributed, pervasive and collaborative
environments. This means that traditional software project management methods cannot, and do
not, address the added complexities found in a pervasive, distributed global environment. Projects
thus have a high rate of failure. More specifically, software projects often do not comply with the
traditional standard measurements of success, namely time, cost and specifications. There is thus
a need for new methods and measures to support software project management.
In this paper, software agent technology is explored as a potential tool for enhancing software
project management practices in general. We propose and discuss a software agent framework,
specifically to support software quality management. Although still in its initial phases, research
indicates some promise in enabling software developers to meet market expectations and produce
projects timeously, within budget and to users¡¯ satisfaction.
