... Download, http://hdl.handle.net/10072/14810. Herausgeber, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tu... more ... Download, http://hdl.handle.net/10072/14810. Herausgeber, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg. Mitarbeiter, Alec Dorling, Terry Rout, Beatrix Barafort, Bernard Di Renzo, Alain Renault, SPICE Users Group. Archiv, ARROW Discovery Service (Australia). ...
The SPICE Project was established in 1993 to support the development, validation and transition i... more The SPICE Project was established in 1993 to support the development, validation and transition into use of an International Standard for software process assessment. Its efforts have resulted in the publication of a five-part Standard for Process Assessment, ISO/IEC 15504. This paper reviews the evolution of the Standard, and reflects on the parallel achievements of the SPICE Project and the standardisation effort in advancing the state of the art in process assessment and improvement.
The natural language used by people in everyday life to express themselves is often prone to ambi... more The natural language used by people in everyday life to express themselves is often prone to ambiguity. Examples abound of misunderstandings occurring due to a statement having two or more possible interpretations. In the software engineering domain, clarity of expression when specifying the requirements of software systems is one situation where absence of ambiguity is important. Dromey's (2006) Behavior Engineering is a formal method that reduces or eliminates ambiguity in software requirements. This paper seeks an answer to the question: can Dromey's (2006) Behavior Engineering reduce or eliminate ambiguity when applied to the development of a Process Reference Model?
As part of the SPICE phase three trials, a large group of small Australian firms were assessed us... more As part of the SPICE phase three trials, a large group of small Australian firms were assessed using the RAPID assessment method. This paper summarises the organisational and project characteristics of the group, and the results of the assessments. About eight months after the assessments, follow-up meetings were held to determine the extent to which firms had implemented the assessors' recommendations and improved their processes. The actions reported varied: one firm improved the capability level of seven of the eight assessed processes; many others reported improvements to a lesser extent, while some firms provided reasons why no action had been taken. The discussion considers the readiness of small firms to undertake an assessment-based software process improvement (SPI) program, and also identifies lessons learnt from this experience.
... trends in the industry, such as the use of reusable cod e modules; the following ... the rele... more ... trends in the industry, such as the use of reusable cod e modules; the following ... the relevan t standards : a Project Plan, Quality Plan, Verification an d Validation Plan, Requirements ... Abel, D., Margetson ., DB ., and Sauer, C . , "Designing a problem-oriented degree in informatics ...
... Download, http://hdl.handle.net/10072/14810. Herausgeber, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tu... more ... Download, http://hdl.handle.net/10072/14810. Herausgeber, Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor, Luxembourg. Mitarbeiter, Alec Dorling, Terry Rout, Beatrix Barafort, Bernard Di Renzo, Alain Renault, SPICE Users Group. Archiv, ARROW Discovery Service (Australia). ...
The SPICE Project was established in 1993 to support the development, validation and transition i... more The SPICE Project was established in 1993 to support the development, validation and transition into use of an International Standard for software process assessment. Its efforts have resulted in the publication of a five-part Standard for Process Assessment, ISO/IEC 15504. This paper reviews the evolution of the Standard, and reflects on the parallel achievements of the SPICE Project and the standardisation effort in advancing the state of the art in process assessment and improvement.
The natural language used by people in everyday life to express themselves is often prone to ambi... more The natural language used by people in everyday life to express themselves is often prone to ambiguity. Examples abound of misunderstandings occurring due to a statement having two or more possible interpretations. In the software engineering domain, clarity of expression when specifying the requirements of software systems is one situation where absence of ambiguity is important. Dromey's (2006) Behavior Engineering is a formal method that reduces or eliminates ambiguity in software requirements. This paper seeks an answer to the question: can Dromey's (2006) Behavior Engineering reduce or eliminate ambiguity when applied to the development of a Process Reference Model?
As part of the SPICE phase three trials, a large group of small Australian firms were assessed us... more As part of the SPICE phase three trials, a large group of small Australian firms were assessed using the RAPID assessment method. This paper summarises the organisational and project characteristics of the group, and the results of the assessments. About eight months after the assessments, follow-up meetings were held to determine the extent to which firms had implemented the assessors' recommendations and improved their processes. The actions reported varied: one firm improved the capability level of seven of the eight assessed processes; many others reported improvements to a lesser extent, while some firms provided reasons why no action had been taken. The discussion considers the readiness of small firms to undertake an assessment-based software process improvement (SPI) program, and also identifies lessons learnt from this experience.
... trends in the industry, such as the use of reusable cod e modules; the following ... the rele... more ... trends in the industry, such as the use of reusable cod e modules; the following ... the relevan t standards : a Project Plan, Quality Plan, Verification an d Validation Plan, Requirements ... Abel, D., Margetson ., DB ., and Sauer, C . , "Designing a problem-oriented degree in informatics ...
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