Software Process Assessment
by
Stephen Lane
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last modified
Apr 25, 2012 13:39
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filed under:
KnowledgeModel
Definitions
| Term: Software Process Assessment |
Domain: Cross-cutting issues | ||||
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| Engineering and Design (KM-ED) |
Adaptation and Monitoring (KM-AM) |
Quality Definition, Negotiation and
Assurance (KM-QA) |
Generic (domain independent) |
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| D o m a i n : L a y e r s |
Business Process Management (KM-BPM) |
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| Service Composition and
Coordination (KM-SC) |
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| Service Infrastructure (KM-SI) |
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| Generic (domain independent) |
A software process assessment is the means whereby
organizations can identify and assess their strengths, weaknesses,
existing improvement activities, and key areas for further
improvement. It is carried out by an internal or external software process expert who investigates
and evaluates the current processes against a reference model.
Based on the results from this investigation the organisation can
determine the current state of their software process and
this allows for the development of action plans to facilitate future
improvement [SEI]. |
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Competencies
- Lero@UL: http://www.lero.ie/;Stephen Lane,
Ita Richardson; Sarah Beecham; Marty Sanders
- Tilburg: Software Processes; http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/eriss/research/; Oktay Turetken
References
- [SEI] The Software Engineering Institute: http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/
