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Motivators of Software Process Improvement : An Analysis of Practitioners' Views
(2002-05-15)
We present empirical findings from our study of Software Process Improvement (SPI) motivators in 13 UK software companies. Our analysis aims to provide SPI managers with some insight into designing appropriate SPI ...
Requirements Problems in Twelve Software Companies: An Empirical Analysis
(2002)
A study of the problems experienced by twelve software companies in their requirements process is discussed. The aim of the work is to develop a more holistic understanding of the requirements process, so that companies ...
Key success factors for implementing software process improvement : a maturity-based analysis
(2002)
We report on a questionnaire survey of key success factors that impact software process improvement (SPI). We analysed responses to identify factors that have a major impact, or no impact, on implementing SPI. We found ...
Practitioner roles in Software process Improvement: An analysis using Grid Technique
(2002)
In this paper we present empirical findings from our study of software practitioners. We used the repertory grid technique to collect data from nearly 200 developers, project managers and senior managers in 13 companies. ...
Implementing Software Process Improvement: An Empirical study
(2002)
In this paper we present survey data characterizing the implementation of SPI in 85 UK companies. We aim to provide SPI managers with more understanding of the critical success factors of implementing SPI. We present an ...
Software Process Improvement Motivators : An Analysis using Multidimensional Scaling
(2002)
In this paper we present an analysis of software practitioners' motivations for software process improvement (SPI). Our findings are based on an empirical study of SPI in 13 software companies where we conducted focus ...
Persuading developers to buy into software process improvement: an exploratory analysis
(University of Hertfordshire, 2002)
In order to investigate practitioners' opinions of software process and software process improvement, we have collected information from 13 companies, in a variety of ways i.e. the use of Repertory Grid Technique, survey ...