International Business Machines Corporation
EXPERTISE SCORE VECTOR FOR SOFTWARE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT

Abstract:

Techniques for an expertise score vector for software component management are described herein. An aspect includes maintaining a plurality of metrics in an expertise score vector corresponding to a developer. Another aspect includes identifying a subset of the plurality of metrics that are relevant to a work item corresponding to a software component. Another aspect includes applying respective weights to the subset of the plurality of metrics. Another aspect includes determining an expertise score for the developer based on the weighted subset of the plurality of metrics, wherein determining the expertise score comprises determining a magnitude of a vector comprising the weighted subset of the plurality of metrics. Another aspect includes assigning the work item to the developer based on the expertise score.