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A Multi-layer Representation Model for the ISO/IEC 33000 Assessment Framework: Analysing Composition and Behaviour

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Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination (SPICE 2017)

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Abstract

Software Process Improvement (SPI) models are a very important topic for SPI workers as software engineering students that require a good comprehension of the process assessment models. This paper proposes a visual multi-layered representational model describing in a highly practical way the ISO/IEC 33000 Assessment Framework through of structural and behavioural views. This kind of representation comprises several semantic layers based on the dimensions of the key elements of the model with an additional dimension for specifying measurements. The structural elements of the model are assigned on distinct layers and connected through dependence and co-occurrence connector in applying the Assessment Model on software processes. The representation model was tested with software developers, academic experts and students.

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  1. Software Engineering Department, Universidad La Salle, Alfonso Ugarte Avenue 517, Arequipa, Peru

    Alvaro Fernández Del Carpio

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  1. University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain

    Antonia Mas

  2. University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Baleares, Spain

    Antoni Mesquida

  3. Dublin University, Dublin, Ireland

    Rory V. O'Connor

  4. Software Quality Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Terry Rout

  5. Impronova AB, Askim, Sweden

    Alec Dorling

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Del Carpio, A.F. (2017). A Multi-layer Representation Model for the ISO/IEC 33000 Assessment Framework: Analysing Composition and Behaviour. In: Mas, A., Mesquida, A., O'Connor, R., Rout, T., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 770. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67383-7_12

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