Three Case-Studies on Common Software Process Problems in Software Company Acquisitions

2006 ◽  
pp. 62-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarmo J. Ahonen ◽  
Anne-Maria Aho ◽  
Hanna-Miina Sihvonen
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Company

An Integrated Infrastructure Using Process Mining Techniques for Software Process Verification

2013 ◽  
pp. 364-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuğba Gürgen ◽  
Ayça Tarhan ◽  
N. Alpay Karagöz
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Process Mining ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Task Management ◽  
Process Verification ◽  
Real Process ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Mining Algorithms

The verification of process implementations according to specifications is a critical step of process management. This verification must be practiced according to objective criteria and evidence. This study explains an integrated infrastructure that utilizes process mining for software process verification and case studies carried out by using this infrastructure. Specific software providing the utilization of process mining algorithms for software process verification is developed as a plugin to an open-source EPF Composer tool that supports the management of software and system engineering processes. With three case studies, bug management, task management, and defect management processes are verified against defined and established process models (modeled by using EPF Composer) by using this plugin over real process data. Among these, the results of the case study performed in a large, leading IT solutions company in Turkey are remarkable in demonstrating the opportunities for process improvement.

An Integrated Infrastructure Using Process Mining Techniques for Software Process Verification

2017 ◽  
pp. 1503-1522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuğba Gürgen ◽  
Ayça Tarhan ◽  
N. Alpay Karagöz
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Process Mining ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Task Management ◽  
Process Verification ◽  
Real Process ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Mining Algorithms

The verification of process implementations according to specifications is a critical step of process management. This verification must be practiced according to objective criteria and evidence. This study explains an integrated infrastructure that utilizes process mining for software process verification and case studies carried out by using this infrastructure. Specific software providing the utilization of process mining algorithms for software process verification is developed as a plugin to an open-source EPF Composer tool that supports the management of software and system engineering processes. With three case studies, bug management, task management, and defect management processes are verified against defined and established process models (modeled by using EPF Composer) by using this plugin over real process data. Among these, the results of the case study performed in a large, leading IT solutions company in Turkey are remarkable in demonstrating the opportunities for process improvement.

HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules Auditing in Extreme Programming Environments

2020 ◽  
pp. 1341-1363
Author(s):  
Mahmood Alsaadi ◽  
Malik Qasaimeh ◽  
Sara Tedmori ◽  
Khaled Almakadmeh
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
System Development ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Extreme Programming ◽  
Evaluation Theory ◽  
Programming Environments ◽  
Common Criteria ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Agile Software

Healthcare business is responsible of keeping patient data safe and secure by following the rules of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, (HIPAA). Agile software organizations that deal with healthcare software system face a number of challenges to demonstrate that their process activities conform to the rules of HIPAA. Such organizations must establish a software process life cycle and develop procedures, tools, and methodologies that can manage the HIPAA requirements during the different stages of system development, and also must provide evidences of HIPAA conformity. This paper proposes an auditing model for HIPAA security and privacy rules in XP environments. The design of the proposed model is based on an evaluation theory which takes as its input the work of Lopez ATAM, and the standards of common criteria (CC) concepts. The proposed auditing model has been assessed based on four case studies. The auditing result shows that the proposed model is capable of capturing the auditing evidences in most of the selected case studies.

scholarly journals A Systematic Approach for Improving the Software Management Process

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 1940006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semra Birgün ◽  
Burcu Tanrikut Çerkezoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Software Management ◽  
Software Company ◽  
External Customer ◽  
Management Approaches

Information technology is an indispensable element in applications in today’s industrial era. In addition to modern management approaches, software just as well as hardware is of great importance to ensure competitive advantage if the company needs to keep pace with industrial requirements. Information sector can be seen as a competition opportunity for emerging countries. To be able to exploit this opportunity, companies need to be agile and innovative. In this paper, we suggest a process innovation which is intended to be a new model for designing an efficient and effective software process. The model was applied at a software company, and the results of this study are reported here. Lean and agile approaches were used, and as a result, the firm achieved significant improvements in cost, time, labor force, quality, internal and external customer satisfaction, speed, reliability and productivity.

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