Software Process Improvement: 14th European Conference, EuroSPI 2007, Potsdam, Germany, September 26-28, 2007. Proceedings

Pekka Abrahamsson, Nathan Baddoo, Margaria Tiziana, Richard Messnarz (auth.), Pekka Abrahamsson, Nathan Baddoo, Tiziana Margaria, Richard Messnarz (eds.)3540747656, 9783540747659

This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 14th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2007, held in Potsdam, Germany, in September 2007.

The 18 revised full papers presented together with an introductory paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on enforcement, alignment, tailoring, focus on SME issues, improvement analysis and empirical studies, new avenues of SPI, SPI methodologies, as well as testing and reliability.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Software Process Improvement – EuroSPI 2007 Conference….Pages 1-6
Tailoring and Introduction of the Rational Unified Process….Pages 7-18
Maintaining a Large Process Model Aligned with a Process Standard: An Industrial Example….Pages 19-30
Synergies Between the Common Criteria and Process Improvement….Pages 31-45
Determining Practice Achievement in Project Management Using a Two-Phase Questionnaire on Small and Medium Enterprises….Pages 46-58
Using Practice Outcome Areas to Understand Perceived Value of CMMI Specific Practices for SMEs….Pages 59-70
SPI with Lightweight Software Process Modeling in a Small Software Company….Pages 71-81
A Practitioner Experiment in Understanding Software Process Improvement Using Systems Modular Analysis….Pages 82-93
Organizing Improvement Work: A Longitudinal Case….Pages 94-105
An Experiment with a Release Planning Method for Web Application Development….Pages 106-117
Defining a Legal Risk Management Strategy: Process, Legal Risk and Lifecycle….Pages 118-123
iCharts: Charts for Software Process Improvement Value Management….Pages 124-135
Organizational Learning Through Project Postmortem Reviews – An Explorative Case Study….Pages 136-147
Modelling Software Processes as Human-Centered Adaptive Work Systems….Pages 148-159
Performance Comparison of Software Complexity Metrics in an Open Source Project….Pages 160-174
A Methodology for Identifying Critical Success Factors That Influence Software Process Improvement Initiatives: An Application in the Brazilian Software Industry….Pages 175-186
Quality Impact of Introducing Component-Level Test Automation and Test-Driven Development….Pages 187-199
The Impact of Test-Driven Development on Software Development Productivity — An Empirical Study….Pages 200-211
Investigating the Software Fault Profile of Industrial Projects to Determine Process Improvement Areas: An Empirical Study….Pages 212-223
Back Matter….Pages –