Environmental Sustainability in Software Process Improvement: a Systematic Mapping Study

2016 ◽  
pp. 69-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Alberto García-Mireles
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping

scholarly journals A Levels-based Approach for Defining Software Measurement Architectures

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciro Xavier Maretto ◽  
Monalessa Perini Barcellos
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Software Measurement ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Support Software ◽  
Analyze Data

During the execution of software projects, it is necessary to collect, store and analyze data to support project and organizational decisions. Software measurement is a fundamental practice for project management and process improvement. It is present in the main models and standards that address software process improvement, such as ISO/IEC 12207, CMMI and MR MPS.BR. In order to effectively perform software measurement, it is necessary an infrastructure to support data collection, storage and analysis. This infrastructure can be defined by means of an architecture, which describes the components necessary to support software measurement. In this paper we present the main results obtained from a systematic mapping study that investigated software measurement architectures and an approach proposed aiming to help organizations define software measurement architectures.

scholarly journals Software process improvement: a systematic mapping study on the state of the art

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. e62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Kuhrmann ◽  
Philipp Diebold ◽  
Jürgen Münch
Keyword(s):  
Process Improvement ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Systematic Mapping Study ◽  
Mapping Study ◽  
Systematic Mapping ◽  
Big Picture

Software process improvement (SPI) has been around for decades: frameworks are proposed, success factors are studied, and experiences have been reported. However, the sheer mass of concepts, approaches, and standards published over the years overwhelms practitioners as well as researchers. What is out there? Are there new trends and emerging approaches? What are open issues? Still, we struggle to answer these questions about the current state of SPI and related research. In this article, we present results from an updated systematic mapping study to shed light on the field of SPI, to develop a big picture of the state of the art, and to draw conclusions for future research directions. An analysis of 769 publications draws a big picture of SPI-related research of the past quarter-century. Our study shows a high number of solution proposals, experience reports, and secondary studies, but only few theories and models on SPI in general. In particular, standard SPI models like CMMI and ISO/IEC 15,504 are analyzed, enhanced, and evaluated for applicability in practice, but these standards are also critically discussed, e.g., from the perspective of SPI in small-to-medium-sized companies, which leads to new specialized frameworks. New and specialized frameworks account for the majority of the contributions found (approx. 38%). Furthermore, we find a growing interest in success factors (approx. 16%) to aid companies in conducting SPI and in adapting agile principles and practices for SPI (approx. 10%). Beyond these specific topics, the study results also show an increasing interest into secondary studies with the purpose of aggregating and structuring SPI-related knowledge. Finally, the present study helps directing future research by identifying under-researched topics awaiting further investigation.

Approaches to promote product quality within software process improvement initiatives: A mapping study

2015 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 150-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Alberto García-Mireles ◽  
Ma Ángeles Moraga ◽  
Félix García ◽  
Mario Piattini
Keyword(s):  
Product Quality ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Mapping Study
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