Product Focused Software Process Improvement: 5th International Conference, PROFES 2004, Kansai Science City, Japan, April 5-8, 2004. Proceedings

Mahmood Niazi, David Wilson, Didar Zowghi, Bernard Wong (auth.), Frank Bomarius, Hajimu Iida (eds.)3540214216, 9783540214212, 9783540246596

On behalf of the PROFES organizing committee we are proud to present to you the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2004), held in Kansai Science City, Japan. Since 1999, PROFES has established itself as one of the recognized international process improvement conferences. In 2004 the conference left Europe for the first time and moved to Japan. Japan and its neighboring countries are intensifying their efforts to improve software engineering excellence, so it was a logical step to select Japan as the venue for PROFES 2004. The purpose of the conference is to bring to light the most recent findings and results in the area and to stimulate discussion between researchers, experienced professionals, and technology providers. The large number of participants coming from industry confirms that the conference provides a variety of up-to-date topics and tackles industry problems. The main theme of PROFES is professional software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product and service quality needs. SPI is facilitated by software process assessment, software measurement, process modeling, and technology transfer. It has become a practical tool for quality software engineering and management. The conference addresses both the solutions found in practice and the relevant research results from academia. This is reflected in the 41 full papers, which are a balanced mix of academic papers as well as industrial experience reports.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
A Model for the Implementation of Software Process Improvement: An Empirical Study….Pages 1-16
Does Use of Development Model Affect Estimation Accuracy and Bias?….Pages 17-29
Managing Software Process Improvement (SPI) through Statistical Process Control (SPC)….Pages 30-46
Towards Hypotheses on Creativity in Software Development….Pages 47-61
Using Software Inspection as a Catalyst for SPI in a Small Company….Pages 62-75
Comparing Global (Multi-site) SPI Program Activities to SPI Program Models….Pages 76-91
Starting SPI from Software Configuration Management: A Fast Approach for an Organization to Realize the Benefits of SPI….Pages 92-104
Evaluating the Calmness of Ubiquitous Applications….Pages 105-119
Quality Attributes in Mobile Web Application Development….Pages 120-130
Introducing Quality System in Small and Medium Enterprises: An Experience Report….Pages 131-145
Definition and Empirical Validation of Metrics for Software Process Models….Pages 146-158
Multiview Framework for Goal Oriented Measurement Plan Design….Pages 159-173
Eliminating Over-Confidence in Software Development Effort Estimates….Pages 174-184
Measuring the Object-Oriented Properties in Small Sized C++ Programs – An Empirical Investigation….Pages 185-202
An Empirical Investigation on the Impact of Training-by-Examples on Inspection Performance….Pages 203-219
Refactoring Support Based on Code Clone Analysis….Pages 220-233
Introducing the Next Generation of Software Inspection Tools….Pages 234-247
Intelligent Support for Software Release Planning….Pages 248-262
An Empirical Evaluation of Predicting Runaway Software Projects Using Bayesian Classification….Pages 263-273
Effort Estimation Based on Collaborative Filtering….Pages 274-286
Effective Software Project Management Education through Simulation Models: An Externally Replicated Experiment….Pages 287-301
Software Engineering Research Strategy: Combining Experimental and Explorative Research (EER)….Pages 302-317
Automatic Measurement at Nokia Mobile Phones: A Case of SDL Based Software Development….Pages 318-332
Using a Reference Application with Design Patterns to Produce Industrial Software….Pages 333-347
Using RUP for Process-Oriented Organisations….Pages 348-362
Web-Based System Development: Status in the Norwegian IT Organizations….Pages 363-377
Achieving CMMI Level 2 with Enhanced Extreme Programming Approach….Pages 378-392
Usability Assessment of an Extreme Programming Project: Close Co-operation with the Customer Does Not Equal to Good Usability….Pages 393-407
Empirical Evaluation of Agile Software Development: The Controlled Case Study Approach….Pages 408-423
Good-Enough Software Process in Nokia….Pages 424-430
An Ideal Process Model for Agile Methods….Pages 431-441
Experimental Development of a Prototype for Mobile Environmental Information Systems (MEIS)….Pages 442-456
Selecting CMMI Appraisal Classes Based on Maturity and Openness….Pages 457-470
Combining Capability Assessment and Value Engineering: A BOOTSTRAP Example….Pages 471-484
Assessing the State of Software Documentation Practices….Pages 485-496
Requirements Prioritization Challenges in Practice….Pages 497-508
A Requirement Elicitation Method in Collaborative Software Development Community….Pages 509-522
Development of a Normative Package for Safety-Critical Software Using Formal Regulatory Requirements….Pages 523-537
A Study of Developer Attitude to Component Reuse in Three IT Companies….Pages 538-552
Managing COTS Components Using a Six Sigma-Based Process….Pages 553-567
Using Dynamic Modeling and Simulation to Improve the COTS Software Process….Pages 568-581
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