Software process resource utilization simulation using CPN

Abstract

In software process engineering, the ability to simulate software process before it is deployed to some kind of workflow system for automated execution allows us to do a simulations and tune the process to maximum efficiency, stripping it off any defects it might have along the way. Our simulation of software process (the dynamic part) is extended by static aspects (mainly resources) and thus we could obtain even more accurate data on how software process behaves under scenarios possible only by adding resources into the equation. And of course, use those results to analyze, verify and improve the process itself. All of this using standard UML and CPN, based on our Unified Process Meta-model.