Causal Models for Software Cost Control (SCOPE)

October 23, 2018 • Poster

By

Michael D. Konrad

This poster describes work in applying causal learning to program datasets to better understand which factors can reduce costs.

Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

Topic or Tag

Research Review

Abstract

To reduce costs in software development, what causes code quality to be good or bad needs to be understood. This research aims to create an actionable, full causal model of software cost factors immediately useful to DoD programs and contract negotiators.