A framework for comprehensive experience-based decision support for software engineering technology selection

In today's software development organizations, methods and tools are employed that frequently lack sufficient evidence regarding their suitability, limits, qualities, costs, and associated risks. Supporting managers in selecting software engineering technologies that, on the one hand, have shown such evidence, and, on the other hand, match their business goal-oriented requirements, is the ambitious aim of software engineering decision support. This paper presents ongoing research towards a decision support system for software engineering technology selection in support for software process improvement management. After investigating the state-of-the-art, a framework for a decision support system is sketched and steps towards a decision support method are introduced.