Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement

21st European Conference, EuroSPI 2014, Luxembourg, June 25-27, 2014. Proceedings

  • Béatrix Barafort
  • Rory V. O’Connor
  • Alexander Poth
  • Richard Messnarz
Conference proceedings EuroSPI 2014

Part of the Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 425)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
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  2. SPI and Very Small Entities

    1. Towards Measuring the Impact of the ISO/IEC 29110 Standard: A Systematic Review
      Euclides Moreno-Campos, Mary-Luz Sanchez-Gordón, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Antonio de Amescua Seco
      Pages 1-12
    2. A Systems Process Lifecycle Standard for Very Small Entities: Development and Pilot Trials
      Claude Y. Laporte, Rory V. O’Connor
      Pages 13-24
    3. An Integrated Environment to Support Project Management in VSEs
      Antoni-Lluís Mesquida, Antonia Mas, Adelaida Delgado
      Pages 25-35

  3. Process Improvement Frameworks

    1. A Critical Evaluation of a Methodology for the Generation of Software Process Improvement Roadmaps
      Derek Flood, Fergal Mc Caffery, Gilbert Regan, Val Casey
      Pages 36-47
    2. How to Design an Innovative Framework for Process Improvement? The TIPA for ITIL Case
      Béatrix Barafort, Anne Rousseau, Eric Dubois
      Pages 48-59
    3. A Framework for Systematic Change Management
      Hannu Jaakkola, Bernhard Thalheim
      Pages 60-72

  4. Testing and Improvement Issues

    1. Engineering Process Improvement in Heterogeneous Multi-disciplinary Environments with Defect Causal Analysis
      Olga Kovalenko, Dietmar Winkler, Marcos Kalinowski, Estefania Serral, Stefan Biffl
      Pages 73-85
    2. Information Sources and Their Importance to Prioritize Test Cases in the Heterogeneous Systems Context
      Ahmad Nauman Ghazi, Jesper Andersson, Richard Torkar, Kai Petersen, Jürgen Börstler
      Pages 86-98
    3. Software Process Assessment Validation and Improvement Prioritization
      Sven Richter, David Escorial Rico
      Pages 99-110

  5. SPI and People Issues

    1. An Exploration of Individual Personality Types in Software Development
      Murat Yilmaz, Rory V. O’Connor, Paul Clarke
      Pages 111-122
    2. Covering the Human Perspective in Software Process Improvement
      Mirna Muñoz, Jezreel Mejia, Gloria Piedad Gasca-Hurtado, Claudia Valtierra, Brenda Duron
      Pages 123-134
    3. Assessing the Value of an Agile Coach in Agile Method Adoption
      Rory V. O’Connor, Natalia Duchonova
      Pages 135-146

  6. SPI and Quality Issues

    1. The Influence of Management on Software Product Quality: An Empirical Study in Software Developing Companies
      Frank Philip Seth, Erja Mustonen-Ollila, Ossi Taipale
      Pages 147-158
    2. Software Development Methods and Quality Assurance: Special Focus on South Korea
      Jesse Yli-Huumo, Ossi Taipale, Kari Smolander
      Pages 159-169
    3. A Proposal for the Improvement of Project’s Cost Predictability Using Earned Value Management and Quality Data – An Empirical Study
      Adler Diniz de Souza, Ana Regina Cavalcanti Rocha, Djenane Cristina, Bruno Augusto Constantino
      Pages 170-181

  7. Software Processes in Various Contexts

    1. Software Development Processes for Games: A Systematic Literature Review
      Ann Osborne O’Hagan, Gerry Coleman, Rory V. O’Connor
      Pages 182-193
    2. Software Requirements Development: A Path for Improving Software Quality
      Gasca-Hurtado Gloria Piedad, Mirna Muñoz, Jezreel Mejia, Calvo-Manzano Jose A.
      Pages 194-205
    3. A Traceability Process Assessment Model for the Medical Device Domain
      Gilbert Regan, Miklos Biro, Fergal Mc Caffery, Kevin Mc Daid, Derek Flood
      Pages 206-216

  8. Selected Key Notes and Workshop Papers

    1. Creating Environments Supporting Innovation and Improvement

      1. Project Valorisation through Agility and Catering for Stakeholder Expectations
        Elli Georgiadou, Kerstin Siakas, Richard Messnarz
        Pages 217-230

About these proceedings

Introduction

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st EuroSPI conference, held in Luxembourg, in June 2014. The 18 revised papers presented together with 11 invited papers in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected. They are organized in topical sections on SPI and very small entities; process improvement frameworks; testing and improvement issues; SPI and people issues; SPI and quality issues; software processes in various contexts. The volume also contains selected keynote papers from EuroSPI workshops and invited papers covering the topic of creating environments supporting innovation and improvement.

Keywords

SPI VSE applied computing business process management enterprise computing human factors innovation process improvement frameworks service management software creation and management software engineering software process improvement software quality software testing very small entities

Editors and affiliations

  • Béatrix Barafort
    • 1
  • Rory V. O’Connor
    • 2
  • Alexander Poth
    • 3
  • Richard Messnarz
    • 4
  1. 1.Public Research Center Henri TudorLuxembourg-KirchbergLuxembourg
  2. 2.Dublin City UniversityIreland
  3. 3.Volkswagen AGWolfsburgGermany
  4. 4.ISCN GesmbHGrazAustria

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43896-1
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
  • Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • eBook Packages Computer Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-662-43895-4
  • Online ISBN 978-3-662-43896-1
  • Series Print ISSN 1865-0929
  • Series Online ISSN 1865-0937
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