Software process improvement for small and medium enterprises techniques and case studies
Title:
Software process improvement for small and medium enterprises techniques and case studies
Author:
Oktaba, Hanna.
ISBN:
9781599049083
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (xvii, 376 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital files.
Contents:
1. Organizational analysis of small software organizations : framework and case study / Jesús Zavala-Ruiz -- 2. The application of international software engineering standards in very small enterprises / Claude Y. Laporte, Alain Renault, Simon Alexandre -- 3. Practical experience in customization for a software development process for small companies based on RUP process and MSF / Valerio Fernandes del Maschi, Mauro de Mesquita Spinola, Ivanir Costa, Alexandre de Lima Esteves, Luciano S. Souza, Wilson Vendramel, Jorge Pirola -- 4. The impact of software testing in small and medium settings / Luis Vinicio León-Carillo -- 5. QuickLocus : a software development process evaluation method for small-sized organizations / Sarah Kohan, Marcelo Schneck de Paula Pessôa, Mauro de Mesquita Spinola -- 6. A study of software process improvement in small and medium organizations / Deepti Mishra, Alok Mishra -- 7. CMM fast-track : experience and lessons learned / Hareton Leung, Yvette Lui -- 8. MoProSoft® : a software process model for small enterprises / Hanna Oktaba, Ana Vázquez -- 9. Agile SPI : software process agile improvement : a Colombian approach to software process improvement in small software organizations / Julio A. Hurtado, Francisco J. Pino, Juan C. Vidal, César Pardo, Luís Eduardo Fernández -- 10. Agile practices in project management / John Gómez, Alejandro Núñez --
11. COMPETISOFT : an improvement strategy for small Latin-American software organizations / Hanna Oktaba, Francisco J. Pino, Mario Piattini, Félix García, Claudia Alquicira, Francisco Ruiz, Tomás Martínez -- 12. SPI long-term benefits : case studies of five small firms / Aileen Cater-Steel, Terry Rout -- 13. An incremental functionality-oriented free software development methodology / Oswaldo Terán, Centro de Simulación y Modelos, Johanna Alvarez, Blanca Abraham, Jose Aguilar -- 14. How to align software projects with business strategy / Gustavo Ricardo Parés Arce -- 15. A model to classify knowledge assets of a process-oriented development / Raquel Anaya, Alejandra Cechich, Mónica Henao -- 16. Practical application of a software development framework in an accountant office / Alicia Mon, Marcelo Estayno, Patricia Scalzone -- 17. Estimate of effort in software implementation projects / María Julia Orozco Mendoza, Evaristo Fernández Perea, Claudia Alquiciral Esquivel -- 18. Improving resource management : lessons from a case study in a middle-range governmental organization / Juan M. Luzuriaga, Rodolfo Martínez, Alejandra Cechich.
Abstract:
"This book offers practical and useful guidelines, models, and techniques for improving software processes and products for small and medium enterprises, utilizing the authoritative, demonstrative tools of case studies and lessons learned to provide academics, scholars, and practitioners with an invaluable research source,"--Provided by publisher.
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Electronic Access:
Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-906-9