During the last decade, software process simulation has been used to address a variety of
management issues and questions. These include: understanding; training and learning; …

Software process improvement (SPI) approaches have been designed to produce changes
at many levels, ie in the strategies, culture and working practices, of software development …

Continuous collection and analysis of measurement data is crucial in tracking and managing
a software development process efficiently. However, practice has shown that setting up and …

The increasing demand for software project managers in industry requires strategies for the
development of the management-related knowledge and skills of the current and future …

Industrial software development is a highly complex, dynamic task, which is not only
determined by the choice of the right technologies but also–to a large degree–by the …

Goal-driven measurement and software process assessment are established technologies
and are used extensively in the software industry to facilitate process improvement. Usually …

The core element of the PROFES improvement methodology is the concept of product-
process dependency (PPD) models. The purpose of PPD models is to help focus process …

IT businesses today cannot survive without software process improvement. Efficient and cost-
effective development processes are vital for being competitive. Before process …

Background: Agile methods are starting to get established not only in new business
organizations, but also in organizations dealing with innovation and early product …

In this paper, new requirements to enhance any ISO 15504 conformant assessment
methodology for embedded systems development process assessment are presented. The …