Quantitative analysis of compatibility and correlation of the current SPA/SPI models

Author

Wang, Y. ; Court, I. ; Ross, M. ; Staples, G. ; King, G. ; Dorling, A.

Author_Institution

Res. Center for Syst. Eng., Southampton Inst., UK

fYear

1997

fDate

1-6 Jun 1997

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

55

Abstract

It is a fundamental requirement to quantitatively analyze the compatibility and correlation between the current models for software process assessment (SPA) and improvement (SPI). The compatibility and correlation of SPA/SPI models (e.g., SPICE, CMM, ISO 9000, BOOTSTRAP and SPRM) are formally and quantitatively analyzed and contrasted in this paper. First, formal definitions of the compatibility and correlation between the models are introduced. Then the relational properties are mutually analyzed from every view point of each of the five models to the others. The objective analysis results provided are useful not only for theoretical research in software engineering, but also for practitioners in the software industry

Keywords

ISO standards; software engineering; software standards; BOOTSTRAP; CMM; ISO 9000; SPA model; SPI model; SPICE; SPRM; model compatibility; model correlation; quantitative analysis; software engineering; software industry; software process assessment; software process improvement; software standards; theoretical research; Computer industry; Coordinate measuring machines; In vitro fertilization; Industrial relations; Quality management; SPICE; Software engineering; Software standards; Statistical analysis; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Standards Symposium and Forum, 1997. Emerging International Standards. ISESS 97., Third IEEE International

Conference_Location

Walnut Creek, CA

ISSN

1082-3670

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7837-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SESS.1997.595564

Filename

595564