Software quality and software process improvement course based on interaction with the local software industry

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Letizia Jaccheri
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Software Industry ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement

Preventing the Increasing Resistance to Change through a Multi-Model Environment as a Reference Model in Software Process Improvement

2014 ◽  
pp. 97-118
Author(s):  
Mirna Muñoz ◽  
Jezreel Mejia
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Software Industry ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Organizational Process ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Model Environment ◽  
The Way

Organizational process improvement offers a key opportunity for organizations to become more efficient. As a consequence, the software industry, among others, is more interested in software process improvement. However, one of the most common issues identified when an organization tries to implement a software process improvement initiative is the difficulty that they face in selecting the reference model and its adaptation to the current organization scenario. Moreover, selecting the wrong reference model according to the way the organization works becomes a trigger to increase resistance to change. This chapter presents a methodology that allows the use of a multi-model environment as a reference model so that the organization can select best practices that best fit the way it works to implement software process improvement. The results of the implementation of an improvement using the methodology proposed are also presented.

scholarly journals Organizational Motivations for Adopting CMMI-based Software Process Improvement: An Extended and Updated Systematic Review

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz Sérgio Plácido ◽  
Leonardo Araújo ◽  
Suzana Sampaio ◽  
Marcelo Marinho ◽  
Robson Godoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Software Process ◽  
External Validation ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Published Research

In this paper, we described an update and extension of a systematic review about organizational motivations for adopting CMMI-based Software Process Improvement (SPI). We applied the systematic review method to search, select, evaluate, and synthesize the published research related to this topic. We then compared our findings to those of another systematic review previously published. Our findings showed that the motivations to engaged on CMMI- based SPI changed from being related to software quality to focusing on complying with customers’ requirements and satisfaction, as well to conquer external validation.

Automated support of software quality improvement

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hareton K.N. Leung ◽  
Li Liao ◽  
Yuzhong Qu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Reference List ◽  
Content Type

PurposeQuality improvement is critical to the success of software development organizations. Automated tools can greatly assist in the implementation of quality improvement. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the state of tool support of software process improvement.Design/methodology/approachThe authors first review three quality improvement models that can be used for improving the quality of software products, and then identify the required activities of the quality improvement effort based on those models. These activities identified then serve as a reference list to determine the support provided by commercial tools. The paper then conducts two surveys of software quality improvement tools and presents the results.FindingsThe results from two surveys indicate that: there is no tool that supports problem identification; most tools can provide several software process improvement functions to help software organizations to improve their process capability and the quality of their products; and there is no set of tools that can provide a complete coverage of all improvement activities.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough the authors have conducted a detailed search on the internet to identify SPI tools, such a survey will miss those tools which have no presence on the internet. However, the authors are confident that their results can reflect what is available in the marketplace.Practical implicationsProcess practitioners will learn about the state of support available in the marketplace and what they may need to develop on their own to provide complete support for their improvement efforts.Originality/valueThe paper proposes a classification of software process improvement functions and present a first survey of software quality improvement tools. The results will be beneficial to process practitioners.

Study on CMM-Based Software Quality Assurance Process Improvement - A Case of the Educational Software Quality Assurance Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 1049-1050 ◽  
pp. 2032-2036
Author(s):  
Ai Ming Huang ◽  
Guang Shan Deng ◽  
Jun Hu ◽  
Yong Jun Huang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Software Quality ◽  
Educational Software ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Software Quality Assurance ◽  
Assurance Process

This paper mainly make a theoretical research and exploration on software quality assurance quality assurance improvement based on CMM process, with the educational software quality assurance model as an example. It elucidates the relationship between educational software process improvement and quality assurance, and explicits the importance of educational software development process improvement to the quality of educational software. Additionally, it discussed the establishment of educational software development model on the basis of the waterfall model of traditional software development, and construction of process quality management models and platforms based on CMM educational software process improvement.

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