Purpose: The main objective of the paper is an analysis behaviour capability indices under different conditions. It assumed that metrological properties a check standard are correct, however, uncertainty affects evaluation measurement process capability. analyses individual cases influence bias and its on Methodology/Approach: Statistical both provided at beginning. Development possible cases, ...

During the last years, agile methods like eXtreme Programming have become increasingly popular. Parallel to this, more and more organizations rely on process maturity models to assess and improve their own processes or those of suppliers, since it has been getting clear that most project failures can be imputed to inconsistent, undisciplined processes. Many organizations demand CMMI compliance ...

Software Process Improvement efforts rely heavily on the use of software capability maturity models. These models are used to identify problems in an organization’s software processes and point to, and prioritize, necessary improvements. Using models for this purpose will, however, automatically turn our attention to certain problems and issues and ignore others. In this paper we argue that the...

Interorganizational systems (IOS) adoption requires cooperation and collaboration between trading partners and, therefore, is reliant on the nature of their relationships. There has been some research that investigates relationships and how organizations progress from one level to the next level of adoption. However, these studies do not adequately justify the exclusion of other variables and a...

The focus of this paper is to outline the experience of a European based software organization utilizing the IDEAL model, while implementing a tailored Capability Maturity Model (CMM) software process improvement program. The goal was to achieve process improvement rather than a specific CMM maturity level. In doing this, the IDEAL model was extensively researched and employed. The benefits and...

The nature of distributed teams and the existence of multiple sites in offshore software development projects pose a challenging setting for software process improvement. Often, the improvement and appraisal of software processes is achieved through a turnkey solution where best practices are imposed or transferred from a company’s headquarters to its offshore units. In so doing, successful pro...

An essential decision that must be made by software organizations that adopt the continuous representation of the capability maturity model integration (CMMI) for software process improvement concerns a suitable path that best meets their business objectives and mitigates the organization’s risk. However, the CMMI models released by the Software Engineering Institute do not give their adopters ...

In this paper1, I describe new process elements that allow RUP to overcome these weaknesses. I discuss some experiences in which RUP has been used to assist IT organizations in achieving a higher level of process capabilities, then present the software process improvement approach that we are using to guide our work. I also describe the new process elements that would be created to overcome the...

n many companies, the Capability Maturity Model1 plays a major role in defining software process improvement. Frequently, organizations contemplating software process improvement (SPI) seek assurances that tangible benefits will result from such activities. Pockets of data across industry2 show that CMM-based process improvement is making a difference in those organizations committed to improve...

During the last decade, software engineering researchers have tried to identify the success and obstacle factors to the software development. Conclusions from many of the researches related to the issue show that software process is one of the most important subjects contributing into the success or failure to the software development. Among the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), the...