Identifying implicit process variables to support future empirical work

Carver, Jeffrey C.; Basili, Victor R.

doi:10.1590/s0104-65002003000300006

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“…Others have used the methodology to examine, the use of 'systems thinking' practices [11], software inspections [6,24], process modelling [5], requirements documentation [19] and virtual team development [32,20]. [14] used grounded theory to study the use of development practices in a Danish software company and concluded that it was a methodology well suited for use in the IS sector.…”

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Software Process in Practice: A Grounded Theory of the Irish Software Industry

Coleman

O’Connor

2006

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. This paper presents the results of a Grounded Theory study of how software process and software process improvement (SPI) is applied in the practice of software development. This study described in this paper focused on what is actually happening in practice in the software industry. Using the indigenous Irish software product industry as a test-bed, we examine the approaches used to develop software by companies at various stages of growth. The study used the grounded theory methodology and the results produce a picture of software process usage, with the outcome being a theory, grounded in the field data, that explains how software processes are formed and evolve, and when and why SPI is undertaken. The grounded theory is based on two conceptual themes, Process Formation and Process Evolution, and one core theoretical category, Cost of Process. Our research found that SPI programmes are implemented reactively and that many software managers reject SPI because of the associated implementation and maintenance costs and are reluctant to implement SPI models such as ISO 9000 and CMMI.

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Software Process in Practice: A Grounded Theory of the Irish Software Industry

Coleman

O’Connor

2006

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…Baskerville and Pries-Heje (1999) used a novel combination of action research and grounded theory to produce a grounded action research methodology for studying how IT is practiced. Others have used the methodology to examine the use of 'systems thinking' practices (Goede and de Villiers, 2003), software inspections (Carver and Basili, 2003) (Seaman and Basili, 1997), process modelling (Carvalho, et al, 2005), requirements documentation (Power, 2002) and virtual team development (Sarker et al, 2002). Hansen and Kautz (2005) used grounded theory to study the use of development practices in a Danish software company and concluded that it was a methodology well suited for use in the IS sector.…”

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Research Methodologies, Innovations and Philosophies in Software Systems Engineering and Information Systems

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“…[2] used a novel combination of action research and grounded theory to produce a grounded action research methodology for studying how IT is practiced. Others have used the methodology to examine, the use of 'systems thinking' practices [21], software inspections [10,41], process modelling [9], requirements documentation [34] and virtual team development [38,35] and [24] used grounded theory to study the use of development practices in a Danish software company and concluded that it was a methodology well suited for use in the IS sector.…”

Section: Grounded Theory In Information Systems Developmentmentioning

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Using grounded theory to understand software process improvement: A study of Irish software product companies

Coleman

O’Connor

2007

Information and Software Technology

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Software Process Improvement (SPI) aims to understand the software process as it is used within an organisation and thus drive the implementation of changes to that process to achieve specific goals such as increasing development speed, achieving higher product quality or reducing costs. Accordingly, SPI researchers must be equipped with the methodologies and tools to enable them to look within organisations and understand the state of practice with respect to software process and process improvement initiatives, in addition to investigating the relevant literature. Having examined a number of potentially suitable research methodologies, we have chosen Grounded Theory as a suitable approach to determine what was happening in actual practice in relation to software process and SPI, using the indigenous Irish software product industry as a test-bed. The outcome of this study is a theory, grounded in the field data, that explains when and why SPI is undertaken by the software industry. The objective of this paper is to describe both the selection and usage of grounded theory in this study and evaluate its effectiveness as a research methodology for software process researchers. Accordingly, this paper will focus on the selection and usage of grounded theory, rather than results of the SPI study itself.

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Identifying implicit process variables to support future empirical work

Cited by 12 publications

References 31 publications

Software Process in Practice: A Grounded Theory of the Irish Software Industry

Software Process in Practice: A Grounded Theory of the Irish Software Industry

Research Methodologies, Innovations and Philosophies in Software Systems Engineering and Information Systems

Using grounded theory to understand software process improvement: A study of Irish software product companies

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