PRIORITIZATION OF PROCESSES FOR SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN SMALL SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES

Francisco J. Pino, Félix Garcia, Mario Piattini

2007

Abstract

In this article a set of processes which are considered to be of high-priority when initiating the implementation of a Software Process Improvement –SPI– project in Very Small Software Enterprises – VSEs–, is presented. The objective is to present the VSEs with a strategy to deal with the first processes that must be considered when they undertake an SPI project. The processes proposed in this article are fundamentally based on the analysis and contrast of several pieces of research carried out by the COMPETISOFT project. The fundamental principle of the proposal is that process improvement must be connected with the other software process management responsibilities.

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J. Pino F., Garcia F. and Piattini M. (2007). PRIORITIZATION OF PROCESSES FOR SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN SMALL SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8111-06-7, pages 337-340. DOI: 10.5220/0001330503370340


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft07,
author={Francisco J. Pino and Félix Garcia and Mario Piattini},
title={PRIORITIZATION OF PROCESSES FOR SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN SMALL SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,},
year={2007},
pages={337-340},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001330503370340},
isbn={978-989-8111-06-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,
TI - PRIORITIZATION OF PROCESSES FOR SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT IN SMALL SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES
SN - 978-989-8111-06-7
AU - J. Pino F.
AU - Garcia F.
AU - Piattini M.
PY - 2007
SP - 337
EP - 340
DO - 10.5220/0001330503370340