This paper puts forward a novel approach of applying process reuse technology to implement software process improvement and control. A united framework of reuse-based software process improvement is proposed, which integrates the model-driven process improvement (Top-down) with measurement-driven process improvement (Bottom-up). The method of component-based software process instantiation and a...

The number of failed software process assessment and improvement programs far outnumber the successes and the improvement rates appear to remain low, because as Garvin (1993) suggests, “continuous improvement programs require a commitment to learning”. This study investigates the relationship between a software process assessment and improvement model and organisational learning, and examines w...

Software process assessment and improvement is widely acknowledged as one of the most important means for achieving competitive and effective software industry. To ensure the production of quality software, companies usually adapt software process standards and go through certifications based on their process capability. The goal of our study is to assess the current state of software process p...

Software process improvement is the key issue of the software development technology at present, especially for small Organizations. According to small organizations' characteristic, the paper introduces the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), Personal Software Process (PSP) and Team Software Process (TSP), and shows the supplementary relationship among them and software process impro...

Though, small organizations do not have the same funding opportunities as that of largeorganizations yet they too need of software process improvement programs. It is better toinitiate a software process improvement program as early as possible, irrespective of theorganization size. The small organization grows over the time and become a large organizationand at that time an ide...

Process improvement is difficult to teach as it requires a firm basis in terms of a welldefined process and systematic measurement. In our large-scale software development course we are teaching process improvement using an experience base. The main improvement objective of the course is to teach improvement in terms of improved effort predictability. This also forms the basis to teach process ...