This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Product Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2000, held in Oulu, Finland, in June 2000.
The 30 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 60 submitted full papers. The book is divided into topical sections on process improvement, empirical software engineering, industrial experiences, methods and tools, software process and modeling, software and process measurement, and organizational learning and experience factory.
Author(s): Bill Curtis (auth.), Frank Bomarius, Markku Oivo (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1840
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 426
Tags: Management of Computing and Information Systems; Software Engineering; Computers and Society; Business Information Systems
Front Matter....Pages -
Keynote Address: The Cascading Benefits of Software Process Improvement....Pages 1-1
Keynote Address: Capitalizing on Experience....Pages 2-2
Keynote Address: Software Development Challenges for the 2000’s....Pages 3-3
Panel Session: Corporate Software Engineering Knowledge Networks: How Can They Improve Training of the Workforce in Software Organisations?....Pages 4-5
Active Probes Synergy in Experience-Based Process Improvement....Pages 6-19
A Framework for the Continuous Monitoring and Evaluation of Improvement Programmes....Pages 20-35
No Improvement without Learning: Prerequisites for Learning the Relations between Process and Product Quality in Practice....Pages 36-47
Introducing the Data Role in Models for Database Assessment....Pages 48-58
Applying Benchmarking to Learn from Best Practices....Pages 59-72
Modelling Usability Capability – Introducing the Dimensions....Pages 73-87
Using Simulation to Visualise and Analyse Product-Process Dependencies in Software Development Projects....Pages 88-102
Transforming Software Organizations with the Capability Maturity Model....Pages 103-114
The Effect of Constraint Notification within a Case Tool Environment on Design Productivity and Quality....Pages 115-125
Is a Design Rationale Vital when Predicting Change Impact? – A Controlled Experiment on Software Architecture Evolution....Pages 126-139
Modeling and Analysis of Software Aging Process....Pages 140-153
Usability Engineering in Concurrent Product Development....Pages 154-167
An Industrial Experience in Using Problem Resolution Process for Software Porting....Pages 168-179
Managing Engineering and Product Technology: A Method for Technology Assessment....Pages 180-192
The Benefits of Networking....Pages 193-203
Project Experience Database: A Report Based on First Practical Experience....Pages 204-215
SPI – A Guarantee for Success? – A Reality Story from Industry -....Pages 216-231
Product Driven Process Improvement PROFES Experiences at Dräger....Pages 232-243
Experiences on Lean Techniques to Manage Software Suppliers....Pages 244-256
The PROFES Improvement Methodology – Enabling Technologies and Methodology Design....Pages 257-270
Object-Oriented Design in Real-Time Embedded Robot Control Software....Pages 271-281
Managing Distributed Software Development – A Portfolio Based Methodology....Pages 282-295
Formalizing SCM Use Cases within the Virtual Software Corporation....Pages 296-310
The FEAST Approach to Quantitative Process Modelling of Software Evolution Processes....Pages 311-325
A Description of a ‘Framework Approach’ to Evolutionary Systems Development....Pages 326-338
An Evaluation of Functional Size Methods and a Bespoke Estimation Method for Real-Time Systems....Pages 339-352
Instrumenting Measurement Programs with Tools....Pages 353-375
A Relationship-Based View to Software Engineering Competence....Pages 376-390
Software Experience Bases: A Consolidated Evaluation and Status Report....Pages 391-406
LIDs: A Light-Weight Approach to Experience Elicitation and Reuse....Pages 407-424
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