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The AE-MPS process also considers the current
problems with the software development process of
the organization and their respective causes.
According to (Hierholzer, 1998), it is essential that a
process improvement program approaches the
existing problems in the software development
process and proposes solutions. It was found that the
resolution of such problems produces commitment
and interest from those who perform the processes.
8 FINAL CONSIDERATIONS
In this paper, a process for the strategic alignment of
software process improvement programs based on the
strategic planning was proposed. That contributes for
the systematization of how to maximize the results of
these programs based on the organization’s goals and
the current problems with the software development
process, either by using models such as CMMI or
SPICE, or their derivatives, such as in this study.
Since only a case study was carried out, the
generalization of the attained results is restricted.
However, this is a typical situation in qualitative
researches of exploratory nature. As a future work,
this process shall be applied to other companies,
extending the possibility of result generalization.
The results attained from this research point
towards the importance of having approaches
allowing the identification of the organizations’
strategic goals and, from those, the priorities in a
software process reference model. Therefore, the
improvement programs can be directed towards the
company’s strategy and seeking better results.
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