TY - GEN
T1 - How do artifact models help direct SPI projects?
AU - Kuhrmann, Marco
AU - Richardson, Ita
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 ACM.
PY - 2015/8/24
Y1 - 2015/8/24
N2 - To overcome shortcomings associated with software process improvement (SPI), we previously recommended that process engineers focus on the artifacts to be developed in SPI projects. These artifacts should define desired outcomes, rather than specific methods. During this prior research, we developed a model for Artifact-based Software Process Improvement & Management (ArSPI). We are now carrying out studies to confirm our claims that ArSPI will provide benefits such as quality assurance. In this paper, we report on an experimental setting in which we developed and analyzed a strategy to use artifact models to direct process model improvement. We analyzed a process specification, the realized model, and the generated electronic process guide. We used ArSPI v0.9 as our process model and the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) as an external reference to provide a set of overall improvement goals. We propose an effective approach to analyze and improve a process model. In addition, the analysis revealed issues with ArSPI realization, which will be corrected in the next major release.
AB - To overcome shortcomings associated with software process improvement (SPI), we previously recommended that process engineers focus on the artifacts to be developed in SPI projects. These artifacts should define desired outcomes, rather than specific methods. During this prior research, we developed a model for Artifact-based Software Process Improvement & Management (ArSPI). We are now carrying out studies to confirm our claims that ArSPI will provide benefits such as quality assurance. In this paper, we report on an experimental setting in which we developed and analyzed a strategy to use artifact models to direct process model improvement. We analyzed a process specification, the realized model, and the generated electronic process guide. We used ArSPI v0.9 as our process model and the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) as an external reference to provide a set of overall improvement goals. We propose an effective approach to analyze and improve a process model. In addition, the analysis revealed issues with ArSPI realization, which will be corrected in the next major release.
KW - Artifact-orientation
KW - Software process improvement
KW - Software process management
KW - SPI
KW - SPM
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958535202&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2785592.2785616
DO - 10.1145/2785592.2785616
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958535202
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 122
EP - 126
BT - 2015 International Conference on Software and Systems Process, ICSSP 2015 - Proceedings
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - International Conference on Software and Systems Process, ICSSP 2015
Y2 - 24 August 2015 through 26 August 2015
ER -