This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th European Conference, EuroSPI 2008, Dublin, Ireland, September 2008.
The 18 revised full papers presented together with one introductory paper were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on organisational issues; productivity, effort estimation metrics; standards reference models; documentation knowledge management as well as project issues.
Author(s): Rory O'Connor, Nathan Baddoo, Kari Smolander, Richard Messnarz
Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 224
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front-matter.pdf......Page 2
Introduction......Page 12
Conflict Resolution in RE......Page 13
A Brief Overview of Narrative Mediation......Page 14
Narrative Mediation’s Applicability to RE......Page 15
NREMM......Page 16
NREMM......Page 17
References......Page 22
Introduction......Page 24
Why Agile Methods?......Page 25
Research Methodology......Page 26
Case Study......Page 27
Effect of Implementing Agile Methods......Page 28
Problems Encountered......Page 29
Benefits Derived......Page 32
So What Went Wrong?......Page 33
References......Page 34
Introduction......Page 36
Process Asset Library Implementation Benefits......Page 38
Web-Based Process Assets Library Application Structure......Page 39
CMMI Model Components Descriptions......Page 41
Process Assets Library Structure Using CMMI Model Components as a Reference......Page 42
Components of the Web-Based Process Assets Library for Small Settings......Page 44
References......Page 45
Introduction......Page 47
Literature Review......Page 48
Empirical Evidence Based on a Collection of Change Request Forms......Page 50
Proposed Framework......Page 54
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 55
References......Page 56
Introduction......Page 58
Productivity......Page 59
Research Setting......Page 60
Productivity Factors......Page 61
Function Points.......Page 62
Debug Code.......Page 63
Analyses......Page 64
Productivity.......Page 65
Internal Validity.......Page 66
Conclusions and Future Work......Page 67
References......Page 68
Introduction......Page 70
Related Research......Page 71
Uses of Functional Size Measures in Project Management Knowledge Areas......Page 73
Conclusions......Page 77
References......Page 79
Introduction......Page 81
ASPEI/MSC......Page 82
Introducing Process Reference Guides......Page 84
First Experiences......Page 88
Discussion......Page 89
References......Page 90
Introduction......Page 93
IDEAL Model......Page 94
Analysis of Project Management of SPI Models......Page 95
Initiation Phase......Page 96
Planning Phase......Page 97
Closure Phase......Page 98
P4SPI Components......Page 99
Case Study of CMMI Implementation Using P4SPI......Page 101
References......Page 103
Introduction......Page 105
Work Products of CMMI Specific Practices......Page 106
Specific Practice Dependencies within Process Areas......Page 107
Validation......Page 112
Problems with Completeness and Terminology in the CMMI Specification......Page 113
Conclusion......Page 114
References......Page 115
Introduction......Page 117
Organization and Structure of the ITSM Processes......Page 118
Establish Dependency Relationships......Page 119
Generate Sequence......Page 122
Summary......Page 126
References......Page 127
Introduction......Page 128
Process Assessment Models for IT Service Management......Page 129
Process Modeling......Page 132
Experiences of Combined Modeling and Assessment......Page 134
Integration of the Approaches......Page 135
Conclusions......Page 137
References......Page 138
Introduction......Page 140
Very Small Enterprises......Page 141
Characteristics of a VSE......Page 142
History of the ISO/IEC Working Group for VSEs......Page 143
Gathering VSE Requirements......Page 144
Categorization of the Sample According to the Size Criterion......Page 145
Use of Standards......Page 146
The WG24 Approach......Page 147
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 150
References......Page 151
Introduction......Page 153
Information Flow Basics......Page 155
Elicitation Design......Page 157
Aggregation......Page 158
Drawing the Consequences......Page 159
References......Page 161
Introduction......Page 163
Case Context and Research Questions......Page 164
Research Strategy......Page 166
Data Collection Method......Page 167
Findings......Page 168
Motivation of the CEO......Page 169
Motivation of the Employees......Page 170
Discussion......Page 171
Conclusion......Page 172
References......Page 173
Introduction......Page 175
Management of SPI Implementation Initiatives......Page 176
A Methodology for Identifying Critical Success Factors That Influence Software Process Improvement Initiatives......Page 177
Standard SPI Implementation Process and SPI Implementation Strategy Concepts......Page 179
Architecture of the Approach......Page 180
Supporting Tools......Page 182
References......Page 184
Introduction......Page 187
Context of Methodology......Page 188
F$l$OSS Selection Approach......Page 190
Our FlOSS Selection Approach in the Tabellio Project......Page 197
References......Page 198
Introduction......Page 200
Agile Methods and Scrum......Page 201
Coordinating Mechanisms in Agile Development and GSD......Page 202
Project India I......Page 203
Project India II......Page 205
Project Eastern Europe......Page 206
Challenges Implementing Mutual Adjustment in GSD......Page 207
Conclusion and Future Work......Page 209
References......Page 210
Introduction......Page 212
ProPAM Methodology......Page 213
Process and Project Alignment Metric (ProPAMet)......Page 215
Case Study......Page 218
References......Page 222
back-matter.pdf......Page 224
