Executing process models: activity and project management

Abstract

Developing software products is both a technical and a managerial challenge. The integration of these two areas (the logical/technical prescription of the process model with the resource-oriented planning and control of project management), however, still needs further discussion and clarification. We discuss the relation of the components of a software development process and their counterparts in project management. We also show how an integrated software engineering environment handles software process enactment based on both activities defined via a process model and on requirements resulting from project management.