TY - JOUR
T1 - Product‐focused software process improvement (P‐SPI)
T2 - concepts and their application
AU - Solingen van, D.M.
AU - Kusters, R.J.
AU - Trienekens, J.J.M.
AU - Uijtrecht van, A.
PY - 1999/11
Y1 - 1999/11
N2 - Management problems in the development of software have been addressed over recent years by a focus on improvement of the development process. This paper states that software process improvement (SPI) should have an explicit product focus. The practical implementation of a method for product-focused software process improvement is presented and discussed and experiences from a particular development project are described. The main conclusions are that a product focus addresses the specific needs of a company very well and results in early availability and visibility of benefits. As a result, commitment of a product development team to an improvement programme is established. Furthermore, it appears that the benefits of the application of the P-SPI method outweigh the (relatively low) cost already in an early phase of the project.
AB - Management problems in the development of software have been addressed over recent years by a focus on improvement of the development process. This paper states that software process improvement (SPI) should have an explicit product focus. The practical implementation of a method for product-focused software process improvement is presented and discussed and experiences from a particular development project are described. The main conclusions are that a product focus addresses the specific needs of a company very well and results in early availability and visibility of benefits. As a result, commitment of a product development team to an improvement programme is established. Furthermore, it appears that the benefits of the application of the P-SPI method outweigh the (relatively low) cost already in an early phase of the project.
U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199911/12)15:6<475::AID-QRE296>3.0.CO;2-1
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199911/12)15:6<475::AID-QRE296>3.0.CO;2-1
M3 - Article
SN - 0748-8017
VL - 15
SP - 475
EP - 483
JO - Quality and Reliability Engineering International
JF - Quality and Reliability Engineering International
IS - 6
ER -