2/18/2011 1 Software process simulation with system dynamics - a tool for learning and decision support 1 by Dietmar Pfahl , Günther Ruhe , Karl Lebsanft, Michael Stupperich Writers:Pfahl • Associate Professor Dietmar Pfahl , Alumni Employee Simula Research Laboratory AS, 2009 • Currently a tenured Associate Professor at Lund University, Sweden • Latest publications • A. Al-Emran, P. Kapur, D. Pfahl , and G. Ruhe. Studying the impact of uncertainty in operational release planning – An integrated method and its initial evaluation , Information and Software Technology 52(4):446–461, 2010. • Q. Wang, V. Garousi, R. Madachy, and D. Pfahl . Trustworthy Software Development Processes - International Conference on Software Process, ICSP 2009, Vancouver, Canada, May 16-17, 2009, Proceedings , Springer-Verlag (ISBN: 978-3-642- 01679-0), 2009. • V. Garousi, K. Khosrovian, and D. Pfahl . A Customizable Pattern-based Software Process Simulation Model: Design, Calibration and Application , Software Process Improvement and Practice 14(3):165-180, 2009. • J. E. Hannay , H. P. Langtangen , C. MacLeod, D. Pfahl , J. Singer, and G. Wilson. How Do Scientists Develop and Use Scientific Software? , In: Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering , ed. by Jeff Carver, pp. 1-8, IEEE Computer Society (ISBN: 978-1-4244-3737-5), 2009. • Q. Wang, D. Pfahl , and D. Raffo. Making Globally Distributed Software Development a Success Story - International Conference on Software Process, ICSP 2008, Leipzig, Germany, May 10-11, 2008, Proceedings , Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag (ISBN: 978-3-540-79587-2), 2008. • A. Al-Emran, and D. Pfahl . Performing Operational Release Planning, Replanning and Risk Analysis using a System Dynamics Simulation Model , Software Process: Improvement and Practice 13(3):265-279, 2008. • A. Al-Emran, D. Pfahl , and G. Ruhe. A Method for Re-planning of Software Releases using Discrete-event Simulation , Software Process: Improvement and Practice 13(1):19-33, 2008. • A. Al-Emran, P. Kapur, D. Pfahl , and G. Ruhe. Simulating Worst Case Scenarios and Analyzing their Combined Effect in Operational Release Planning , In: International Conference on Software Process (ICSP 2008), ed. by Q. Wang, D. Pfahl, D. Raffo, pp. 269-281, Springer. LNCS 5007 (ISBN: 978-3-540-79587-2), 2008. • K. Khosrovian, D. Pfahl , and V. Garousi. GENSIM 2.0: A Customizable Process Simulation Model for Software Process Evaluation , In: International Conference on Software Process (ICSP 2008), ed. by Q. Wang, D. Pfahl, D. Raffo, pp. 294-306, Springer. LNCS 5007 (ISBN: 978-3-540-79587-2), 2008.