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Software Process Management: A Model-Based Approach

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Business processes constitute one major asset in an organization and software businesses are not an exception. Processes definition, maintenance, and management are key aspects to control and define how to build software systems up and also to support decision-making. In this paper, a model-based approach is proposed to facilitate these processes. Thus, a global environment for business processes in software development is presented. The final results are illustrated through the NDTQ-Framework, a solution based on this approach that is currently being used in software development organizations.

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Acknowledgements

This research study has been supported by the Tempros project (TIN2010-20057-C03-02) and Red CaSA (TIN 2010-12312-E) of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain, and NDTQ-Framework project of the Junta de Andalucía, Spain (TIC-5789).

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  1. IWT2 Research Group, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

    L. García-Borgoñon, J. A. García-García, M. Alba & M. J. Escalona

  2. Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain

    L. García-Borgoñon

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García-Borgoñon, L., García-García, J.A., Alba, M., Escalona, M.J. (2013). Software Process Management: A Model-Based Approach. In: Linger, H., Fisher, J., Barnden, A., Barry, C., Lang, M., Schneider, C. (eds) Building Sustainable Information Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7540-8_13

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