A Prototype Knowledge-Based Tool for Software Engineering Adoption and Implementation

Abstract

The paper describes work that explores how tools can help change agents in software organizations incorporate new software engineering tools and methods more effectively. A prototype expert system was built to assist change agents in gathering information and planning tasks in a software engineering adoption and implementation effort. The knowledge engineering process for this system helped to integrate and translate research and practice from software engineering technology adoption and implementation within the field of technology transfer and diffusion of innovation for software change agents.