Qualitative reasonig for software development project by constraint programming

This paper presents a new approach on the problem of the estimation and planning in the software development projects (SDP). Therefore, a qualitative simulation of a part of the dynamic system of Abdel-Hamid, (subsystem of human resources) will be carried out. We will model this subsystem like a CSP (Constrains satisfaction problem), that is, it will be modelled as a set of restrictions that should be full satisfied. Next, the associated program will be generated under the constraint-programming paradigm. This will simulate the dynamic subsystem and will give as result all its possible behaviours. This way we achieve to improve and to concrete the qualitative information that we can get to obtain of such a subsystem.