DocumentCode :
2303893
Title :
Evaluation and Improvement of Processes Assets: A Real Collaborative Experience
Author :
Albuquerque, Adriano Bessa ; Rocha, Ana Regina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Fortaleza - UNIFOR, Fortaleza, Brazil
Volume :
4
fYear :
2009
fDate :
19-21 May 2009
Firstpage :
114
Lastpage :
120
Abstract :
Software development organizations must improve the quality of their products, increase their productivity, reduce the projects´ costs and increase the projects´ predictability aiming to maintain their competitiveness in the market. So, it is essential to invest on software process and support approaches to continually improve the processes on this volatile market. This paper presents a collaborative approach to evaluate and improve the processes assets of software development organizations, based on internationally well-known standards and process models. The approach is supported by automated tools from the TABA Workstation and is part of a wider improvement strategy constituted of three layers (organizational layer, process execution layer and external entity layer). This paper aims to emphasize that process is not the only important perspective to a software process improvement program, but also the maturity of the people (human resource). Moreover, a first experience of use of the collaborative approach is also presented.
Keywords :
software process improvement; TABA Workstation; collaborative approach; external entity layer; organizational layer; process execution layer; processes assets evaluation; software development organizations; software process; software process improvement program; software support; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Costs; International collaboration; Productivity; Programming; Software standards; Standards development; Standards organizations; Workstations; Software Process Improvement; Software Quality;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 2009. WCSE '09. WRI World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3570-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WCSE.2009.428
Filename :
5319514
Link To Document :
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