Software Process Improvement : 13th European Conference, EuroSPI 2006, Joensuu, Finland, October 11-13, 2006: Proceedings

by Richardson, Ita; Runeson, Per; Messnarz, Richard

• ISBN13: 9783540476955
• ISBN10: 3540476954
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-20
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceeding of the 13th European Software Process Improvement Conference, EuroSPI 2006, held in Joensuu, Finland in October 2006. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on SPI (Software Process Improvement) processes, SPI and risk management, measurement, process modelling, human factors, and implementation of SPI.

Table of Contents

Software process improvement - EuroSPI 2006 conference	p. 1
Developing software with scrum in a small cross-organizational project	p. 5
Implementing an ISO 9001 certified process	p. 16
Software process in practice : a grounded theory of the Irish software industry	p. 28
Improving the software problem management process : a case study	p. 39
A framework for overcoming supplier related threats in global projects	p. 49
Three case-studies on common software process problems in software company acquisitions	p. 61
Simple indicators for tracking software process improvement progress	p. 73
Investigating suitability of software process and metrics for statistical process control	p. 87
Current practices of measuring quality in Finnish software engineering industry	p. 99
An industry-based evaluation of process modeling techniques	p. 110
Process model difference analysis for supporting process evolution	p. 122
Changing role of SPI - opportunities and challenges of process modeling	p. 134
Mentality patterns : capturing and dealing explicitly with recurring turns of mind in software development	p. 146
Improving by involving : a case study in a small software company	p. 158
Trust facilitating good software outsourcing relationships	p. 170
Assessing software replacement success : an industrial case study applying four approaches	p. 182
Leveraging feedback on processes in SOA projects	p. 194
Taba workstation : supporting software process improvement initiatives based on software standards and maturity models	p. 206
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