The Influence of Situational Factors in Software Product Management: An Empirical Study

Author

Bekkers, Willem ; van de Weerd, I. ; Brinkkemper, Sjaak ; Mahieu, Alain

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Utrecht Univ., Utrecht

fYear

2008

fDate

9-9 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

48

Abstract

Current research in the field of software product management (SPM) and software process improvement does not take the situational context of a company into account. Taking the context into account, allows small and medium sized companies to improve their SPM processes in a more optimal manner. This research shows that situational factors (SFs) influence the selection process of method fragments for SPM in two applications: SPM process maintenance - the influence level of SFs on the SPM processes: if the SF changes value the SPM process may need to be changed; and method fragment choice - selecting a method which fits the situational context of the company. This paper presents a list of 27 situational factors in 5 categories, relevant to SPM, with the level of influence they have on the selection of (parts of) methods.

Keywords

product development; software maintenance; software management; software process improvement; SPM process maintenance; software process improvement; software product management; Capability maturity model; Coordinate measuring machines; IEC standards; ISO standards; Portfolios; Process planning; Product development; Programming; SPICE; Scanning probe microscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Product Management, 2008. IWSPM '08. Second International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Barcelona, Catalunya

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4083-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3625-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWSPM.2008.8

Filename

4797427