TY - GEN
T1 - A process for driving process improvement in VSEs
AU - Pino, Francisco J.
AU - Alegría, Julio Ariel Hurtado
AU - Vidal, Juan Carlos
AU - García, Félix
AU - Piattini, Mario
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - A success factor in Software Process Improvement -SPI- in very small enterprises -VSEs- is that improvement effort must be guided and managed by means of specific process. Nonetheless, many proposals related to this issue have not considered that type of process explicitly. So, aiming to establish SPI in VSEs systematically and coherently, we have defined a light process for managing and leading the improvement process step-by-step, called PmCOMPETISOFT. This paper introduces that process, which guides the implantation of an improvement cycle in an iterative and incremental manner. It also describes our experience of the application of the proposed process in four VSEs, through case studies. The results of the case studies show that the companies increased the capability of their processes, and that it is feasible to implement this process in this type of organizations, by investing an effort which corresponds to the particular characteristics of each.
AB - A success factor in Software Process Improvement -SPI- in very small enterprises -VSEs- is that improvement effort must be guided and managed by means of specific process. Nonetheless, many proposals related to this issue have not considered that type of process explicitly. So, aiming to establish SPI in VSEs systematically and coherently, we have defined a light process for managing and leading the improvement process step-by-step, called PmCOMPETISOFT. This paper introduces that process, which guides the implantation of an improvement cycle in an iterative and incremental manner. It also describes our experience of the application of the proposed process in four VSEs, through case studies. The results of the case studies show that the companies increased the capability of their processes, and that it is feasible to implement this process in this type of organizations, by investing an effort which corresponds to the particular characteristics of each.
KW - Case studies
KW - Improvement process
KW - SPI
KW - VSEs
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=67650293333&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-01680-6_31
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-01680-6_31
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67650293333
SN - 9783642016790
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 342
EP - 353
BT - Trustworthy Software Development Processes - International Conference on Software Process, ICSP 2009, Proceedings
T2 - International Conference on Software Process, ICSP 2009
Y2 - 16 May 2009 through 17 May 2009
ER -