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Issues in Applying Model Based Process Improvement in the Cloud Computing Domain

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Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (SPICE 2014)

Part of the book series: Communications in Computer and Information Science ((CCIS,volume 477))

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Abstract

Cloud Computing offers organisations a range of benefits, both economic and technological. However the decision to deploy an application or service to the cloud is a not a trivial one. Organisations need to be fully aware of not only the business requirements for a given application or service, but also the technological requirements and or constraints of the cloud. Model-based process assessment and improvement has been shown to support organisational change in different domains of application, but there are few reports of application in cloud computing. As a first step in defining suitable models to support process management, the impact of working with cloud resources on existing standard processes has been examined using the techniques of behavior engineering. A path for future work is proposed.

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  1. Machine Intelligence and Pattern Analysis Laboratory (MiPAL), Griffith University, Australia

    Jeremy Cade

  2. Institute of Integrated and Intelligent Systems (IIIS), Griffith University, Australia

    Lian Wen & Terry Rout

  3. School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Griffith University, 170 Kessels Rd, Qld, 4111, Australia

    Lian Wen

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  1. Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Antanas Mitasiunas

  2. Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Terry Rout

  3. Dublin City University, Ireland

    Rory V. O’Connor

  4. InterSPICE Ltd, Cambridge, UK

    Alec Dorling

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Cade, J., Wen, L., Rout, T. (2014). Issues in Applying Model Based Process Improvement in the Cloud Computing Domain. In: Mitasiunas, A., Rout, T., O’Connor, R.V., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 477. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13036-1_21

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