JP2001209530A - Device for analyzing progress and development of software - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the device which measures the degree of progress with the design and development of software based on the values of plan and accomplishment that have previously been fixed under manual control, fails to measure enough the degree of perfection and quality of the product, and has no accuracy to analyze the burden on managers and workers. SOLUTION: The newly invented device helps to measure the degree of the progress and the degree of perfection of the basic specifications, the specification and the like about the design and development of software in an accurate and objective manner by automatically measuring finished products and products which are in manufacturing process.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention automatically extracts a document or a program code relating to software design and development which is a product of a design or development work performed by a worker in a software design / development process. The present invention proposes a software development progress analysis device capable of actually and accurately grasping the progress by totaling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional method for automatically managing the progress of a software design / development work process, a standard method in which standard plan information indicating a progress plan for software development is registered for each development work process is registered. A record of files, multiple work terminals on which software development work is executed, the development work period of the development work completed by each work terminal, and the status of development work being performed by each work terminal A collecting unit that collects the data as data from each of the work terminals, and compares the actual data collected by the collecting unit with the standard plan information registered in the standard file. Software development that automatically manages the progress of the software development process using work instruction means that issues work instructions Such as the management system has been mainly used. Conventionally, a planned value or a planned value, and an actual value or a result value of a product to be measured for progress are manually input to a terminal configuring the system.

[0003]

Normally, the progress management of software design or development work is based on the scheduled start and execution dates of action items such as work start date, work completion date, and review, or the physical volume of the product. (The number of documents, the number of pages, the number of program codes, etc.), and these measurements were performed from preset plan information and work result information. In tasks such as software design and development, not only the performance of the design and development work plan but also the completeness and quality of the deliverables are important. Did not. Further, input and tabulation of plan information and work results are also performed manually, which not only requires a burden on a manager and each worker, but also does not provide a sufficient grasp of progress. This point has not been sufficiently solved by the conventional method.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, an external storage device or a shared document server for storing documents or program codes being created by each worker is provided. Search for documents such as basic design documents and detailed design documents created by object-oriented design from storage devices and product codes such as program codes, object IDs and object names from these document descriptions, package specifications, operation IDs , Operation name, method ID, method name, etc., automatic extraction and automatic counting of the number of entities, method ID from program code,
Automatic extraction of method names, variables, etc. and automatic counting of the number of entities, comparison of the product of the basic design process with the product of the next detailed design process, furthermore, the product of the basic design process and the detailed design of the next process It is characterized by measuring the progress of work from the product of each work process, such as comparing the product of the process with the product of the program production process of the next process.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows a software development progress analysis apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a reference table for each measurement unit based on a basic design product, and reference numeral 2 denotes a reference table. Reference table storage. Reference numeral 3 denotes a detailed design product based on the basic design document, and reference numeral 4 denotes a measured object storage device for storing the detailed design product 3. The reference table 1 describes measurement units such as an object and a method according to the object-oriented design method, and locations indicating the positions of the detailed design products 3 on the measurement object storage 4 that describe them. The setting of the standard table 1 can be manually created by the administrator,
A method of extracting objects and methods from a basic design document or the like can be considered. The detailed design product 4 converts a detailed design document or the like, which is a product of the software detailed design, into an electronic file format predetermined in the project, and stores the measured object storage 4 associated with a document system defined in the project. Is stored in the folder. Reference numeral 5 denotes a method extractor, which is an apparatus for extracting a method designed in the detailed design from the detailed design product 3 in the measured object storage 4 indicated by the location of the reference table 1. Reference numeral 6 denotes a progress predictor, which is a device that analyzes the progress based on the output result of the reference table 1 and the method extractor 5 to predict the progress. Also,
Reference numeral 7 denotes a progress display, which is a device for displaying the predicted progress of the progress predictor 6 on a display or the like.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a reference table in which units of progress and locations of detailed design products to be measured are described. In FIG. 2, 8 is the ID of the object obtained in the basic design, 9 is the object name obtained in the basic design, 10 is the method ID, 11 is the method name, and 12 is the result of the detailed design work based on the basic design document. This is a location indicating a place on the measurement object storage 4 where an electronic file document of a document such as a detailed design document is stored. FIG. 3 shows an example of storage of a document such as a design document extracted by the method extractor 5, and reference numeral 13 denotes a component of the detailed design product 3.

Next, the function of the method extractor 5 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the method extractor. A detailed design product is fetched from the measured object storage (step S1), and each method ID, method name and related object ID designed in detail design are described based on the description content of the fetched product.
An object name is extracted (step S2) and sent to the progress predictor 6 (step S3). The method to be measured is extracted by this series of procedures.

Next, the function of the progress predictor 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the progress estimator 6. First, the measurement unit of the method corresponding to the object of the basic design is fetched from the reference table 1 (step S4). Next, the method corresponding to the captured basic design object is compared with the detailed design method passed from the method extractor 5 (step S).
5). Then, the method of the detailed design corresponding to the method of the object of the basic design is counted, and the progress prediction result is passed to the progress display 7 (step S6). Finally, the inconsistency information detected by the collation is passed to the progress display 7 (step S
7). Through the above series of procedures, the progress of the detailed design is predicted. Here, the method in the case of the object-oriented design is taken as the measurement target, but the description unit of the document can be considered.

Next, the function of the display 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the display 7. Data to be displayed is fetched from the progress prediction result of the progress predictor 6 (step S8), and the fetched progress prediction result is displayed on a display or the like (step S9).

FIG. 7 shows an example of a display on the progress display 7. In the figure, reference numeral 14 denotes a progress display device for displaying and providing a progress prediction result in various forms, 15 is a progress type display section for displaying the type of progress prediction being displayed, and 16 is a progress prediction display for displaying the date of the progress prediction. Implementation date display section, 17
Is a measurement target display unit that displays the name of the object to be measured, 18 is a planned display unit that displays the planned number of methods of each object, and 19 is a completion display that displays the number of methods for each object that have been designed. A minute display unit, 20 is a progress graph display unit for displaying a progress graph, 21 is a progress ratio display unit for displaying a progress ratio, and 22 is a progress article display unit for displaying special notes such as the end of work.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 8 is a software development progress analysis apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
In the figure, reference numeral 23 denotes an electronic file of a basic design document which is analyzed and generated by the basic design, and in which systematized object IDs and method IDs are described.
Is an external storage device in which information such as each object ID and each method ID described in the basic design document 23 is stored. Reference numeral 25 denotes a reference table automatic generator that reads information such as each object ID and each method ID from the external storage device 24, extracts a unit of measurement, and automatically generates a reference table. With these configurations 23, 24, and 25, a function of automatically generating a reference table using information such as each object ID and each method ID analyzed and generated in the basic design can be realized. The detailed design product 3, the measured object storage 4, the method extractor 5, the progress predictor 6, and the progress display 7 are completely the same as those in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. Demonstrate.

Next, the function of the automatic reference table generator 25 shown in FIG. 8 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the reference table automatic storage 2. Specifically, the basic design document data in the external storage device is fetched (step S10), and the location of the detailed design document on the measurement object storage device corresponding to the basic design document data is obtained (step S11). , A reference table is automatically generated as a table format (step S12). Through this series of procedures, a reference table for each measurement unit is automatically generated.

Embodiment 3 FIG. 10 shows a software development progress analysis apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a reference table 1, a reference table storage 2, a detailed design product 3, a measured object storage 4, a progress predictor are shown. 6. The progress indicator 7 is exactly the same as the first embodiment described with reference to FIG.
Performs a similar function. Now, in FIG.
Reads sequentially the locations described in the reference table 2 and sequentially reads the electronic files constituting the detailed design product 4 stored in the measurement object storage 2 based on the specified location information, It is a method automatic extractor that automatically extracts the object ID, object name, method ID, and method name described in the electronic file. With these configurations, the object ID, object name, method ID, and method name described in the electronic file can be automatically extracted.

Next, the function of the method automatic extractor 26 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of extraction performed by the method automatic extractor 26. Specifically, the locations described in the reference table are sequentially read (step S13),
By fetching the detailed design document data in the measured object storage based on the read location (step S1)
4) Automatically extract corresponding methods (step S15). Through this series of procedures, the method to be measured is automatically extracted.

Embodiment 4 FIG. 12 shows a software development progress analysis apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a reference table 1, a reference table storage 2, a progress predictor 6, and a progress display 7 are described in FIG. It is completely the same as the first embodiment, and performs the same function. Further, the method extractor 26 is completely the same as the third embodiment described with reference to FIG. 10, and exhibits the same function. Reference numeral 27 in FIG. 12 denotes a document input in a file management unit or an electronic file of the document. Reference numeral 28 denotes a document input by a communication means such as e-mail using various networks or an electronic file of the document. And
Reference numeral 29 denotes a document generated or output by various programs or an electronic file of the document. The input data of the method automatic extractor 26 is the data of each of these documents or the input of any one of the electronic files 27, 28, and 29 of the document. With these configurations, it is possible to directly and automatically extract each method without going through an external storage device such as the measured object storage device 2.

Embodiment 5 FIG. 13 shows a software development progress analysis apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. In the figure, a reference table 1, a reference table storage unit 2, a detailed design result 3, The object storage 4 and the method extractor 5 are exactly the same as those in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 30 in FIG. 13 denotes a consistency quality analyzer, which is a reference table 1 and a method extractor 5 for each measurement unit based on a basic design product.
It has a function to check the correspondence status, that is, the consistency with the deliverables, and to analyze the consistency in terms of quality, such as listing up the illegal contents and differences of objects or methods. Reference numeral 31 denotes an action item extraction display for extracting and displaying the quality analysis result of the consistency quality analyzer 30 as an action item. With these configurations, it is possible to analyze the quality consistency of each product and extract and display as an action item based on the quality analysis result.

[0017]

According to the first to fifth aspects of the present invention, the contents (completeness, quality) of products (intermediate products and final products) which are the outputs of the work performed by the workers involved in the design and development work Since the progress is grasped in (1), there is a common effect that the actual and objective progress can be grasped. Also,
Since the progress of the work can be obtained objectively, the reliability of the progress is high. Therefore, based on this information, a problem in the progress of the work can be warned in a timely manner, and there is a common effect that the problem can be promptly dealt with.

Further, according to the second invention, a mechanism is provided for automatically measuring the current value including the reference value of the progress. This eliminates the need for the manager to hear the progress of each worker as in the related art, thereby reducing the burden on the manager. In addition, there is an effect that each worker is not burdened other than the actual work and can concentrate on the work without interruption.

According to the first, third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the measured progress results can be automatically saved and made into a database, so that they can be used as reference information for estimating the progress of similar work. There is also.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a first embodiment of a software development progress analysis device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a reference table having measurement units of progress and locations of documents to be measured.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of storing a detailed design product extracted by a method extractor in a measured object storage;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an extraction processing procedure in a method extractor.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of progress prediction by a progress predictor.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of display on a display device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a progress prediction result on a display device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a second embodiment of the software development progress analysis device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure for generating a reference table in a reference table storage;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a third embodiment of the software development progress analysis device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of extraction by an automatic method extractor.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the software development progress analysis device according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the software development progress analysis device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Reference table, 2 Reference table storage, 3 Detailed design product,
4 object storage, 5 method extractor, 6 progress predictor, 7 progress display, 8 object ID storage, 9
Object name storage, 10 method ID storage,
11 method name holding unit, 12 location unit on measured object storage unit, 13 component parts of detailed design product, 14
Display unit of progress indicator, 15 Progress type display unit, 16
Progress forecast execution date display section, 17 Measurement target display section, 18
Schedule display unit, 19 Completion display unit, 20 Progress graph display unit, 21 Progress rate display unit, 22 Progress article display unit, 23 Electronic design standard design document, 24 External storage device, 25 Standard table automatic generator , 26 Method automatic extractor, 27 Document and electronic file of management unit, 28 Document and electronic file by communication means, 2
9. Documents and electronic files created by program, 3
0 Consistency quality analyzer, 31 action item extraction indicator.

Claims (5)

[Claims] In a software design / development process, a reference table describing a measurement unit of a product as a reference of progress of a design / development work and a location indicating a position on an external storage device where the product is stored are provided. A reference table storage device for storing the reference table, a product to be measured, a storage device for storing the product, and a storage device for the design / development work process. A method extractor for extracting a pertinent product based on the reference table stored in the reference table storage from a product to be measured by each worker, and the method extractor based on the reference table A progress estimator for estimating the progress of the design / development work by measuring the measurement target product from the measurement target extracted in the above for each measurement unit of the reference table, and displaying the progress estimating result of the progress estimator. A software development progress analyzer having a progress indicator. 2. A measurement unit of progress in design / development work and a result of a measured object storage device stored in a reference table storage device from an external storage device constructed based on a product obtained by a software design / development process. 2. The software development progress analysis apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function of automatically generating a reference table describing a location of an object. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function of automatically extracting a measurement unit from a detailed design product of the measured object storage using the location described in the reference table of the reference table storage as reference data. Software development progress analyzer. 4. An input means to the method automatic extractor may be generated by a document input in a file management unit or an electronic file of the document, a document input by communication means such as e-mail, or an electronic file of the document, or a program. 4. The software development progress analysis apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the software development progress analysis apparatus has a function of automatically extracting a measurement unit based on an output document or a product such as an electronic file of the document. 5. It has a quality analysis function of the product such as a check of mutual consistency between products in each work process in the software design / development process, and displays action item information based on the quality analysis result. The software development progress analysis device according to claim 1, wherein: