Introducing a software modeling concept in a medium-sized company

Author

Schmid, Klaus ; Becker-Kornstaedt, Ulrike ; Kanuber, P. ; Bernauer, Florian

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for Exp. Software Eng., Kaiserslautern, Germany

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

558

Lastpage

567

Abstract

Describes, using the Quality Improvement Paradigm (QIP), how an improvement project aimed at improving the modeling and documentation approach of a medium-sized company (Markant Südwest Software und Dienstleistungs GmbH) was conducted. We discuss the new modeling approach, which may serve for other companies as a template for deriving their own adapted approach. Further, we illustrate our insights from this project that can help in future technology transfer projects. A major characteristic of this project was that it was embedded in a long-term consulting relationship

Keywords

consultancies; software development management; software houses; software process improvement; software quality; system documentation; technology transfer; Markant Sudwest Software und Dienstleistungs GmbH; Quality Improvement Paradigm; long-term consulting relationship; medium-sized company; software documentation; software improvement project; software maintenance support; software modeling; software product families; software requirements modeling; technology transfer projects; Computer industry; Context modeling; Documentation; Industrial relations; Mirrors; Permission; Programming; Software engineering; Software quality; Technology transfer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Limerick

ISSN

0270-5257

Print_ISBN

1-58113-206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSE.2000.870448

Filename

870448