Software Process Improvement: 11th European Conference, EuroSPI 2004, Trondheim, Norway, November 10-12, 2004. Proceedings

Juha Koskela, Pekka Abrahamsson (auth.), Torgeir Dingsøyr (eds.)3540237259, 9783540237259, 9783540301813

This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 11th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2004, held in Trondheim, Norway in November 2004.

The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on agile methods and global software development, software process improvement techniques, studies of software process improvement, knowledge management, and effort estimation.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
On-Site Customer in an XP Project: Empirical Results from a Case Study….Pages 1-11
Extreme Programming: Reassessing the Requirements Management Process for an Offsite Customer….Pages 12-22
Global Software Development Project Management – Distance Overcoming….Pages 23-33
Towards Comprehensive Experience-Based Decision Support….Pages 34-45
Discovering the Relation Between Project Factors and Project Success in Post-mortem Evaluations….Pages 46-56
Serious Insights Through Fun Software-Projects….Pages 57-68
Software Process Improvement in Small and Medium Sized Software Enterprises in Eastern Finland: A State-of-the-Practice Study….Pages 69-78
An Experimental Replica to Validate a Set of Metrics for Software Process Models….Pages 79-90
Using Measurement Data in a TSP SM Project….Pages 91-101
Software Thinking Improvement Learning Performance Improving Lessons….Pages 102-113
The Adoption of an Electronic Process Guide in a Company with Voluntary Use….Pages 114-125
Knowledge Mapping: A Technique for Identifying Knowledge Flows in Software Organisations….Pages 126-137
Determining the Improvement Potential of a Software Development Organization Through Fault Analysis: A Method and a Case Study….Pages 138-149
Root Cause Analysis and Gap Analysis – A Tale of Two Methods….Pages 150-160
Empirical Evaluation of Two Requirements Prioritization Methods in Product Development Projects….Pages 161-170
Project Effort Estimation: Or, When Size Makes a Difference….Pages 171-183
A Comparison of Size Estimation Techniques Applied Early in the Life Cycle….Pages 184-194
Model and Process for Timely Progress Reporting in Use Case Driven Software Development….Pages 195-206
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