Development of “SPI Strategy Framework” and Its Application

Norimatsu, So; Kishi, Toshiyuki; Wada, Noriko

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97925-0_25

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“…F I G U R E 8 Example of a result scoring the symptoms for an organization On the whole, our approach of looking at symptoms is somewhat similar to the SPINACH method 36 developed by Information Promotion Agency in Japan. It has a checklist of about 150 potential symptoms that could trigger further analysis to produce an affinity diagram of a causal system.…”

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Symptom‐based improvement recommendations

Pries‐Heje

Johansen²,

Korsaa³

2021

J Software Evolu Process

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When an experienced maturity assessor enters a company, there are certain characteristic symptoms that are noticeable that reveals the maturity of the company even before the assessment. For this paper we identified a list of 32 characteristic symptoms to notice, generated by two experienced assessors who had undertaken maturity assessments in more than 300 companies. We then use cognitive mapping and the 'five whys' technique to look beyond the symptoms and reveal the underlying problems or causes of the problems. Following that we evaluate our findings through the design and evaluation of a web-based tool where users can score statements based on a formulation of the symptoms. This enables us to recommend to users the areas where they probably need to improve. We designed the tool in three learning cycles of design evaluation and ended up in a summative evaluation where we compared the outcome of using the website tool with a CMMI maturity assessment. We conclude that a systematic quest for symptoms coupled with scoring statements based on the symptoms can point to improvement areas. However, we conclude that doing so is no substitute for a maturity assessment; the scoring of statements cannot reveal the maturity of the organization but it can quickly and easily point in a useful direction and provide recommendations for going in that direction.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Symptom‐based improvement recommendations

Pries‐Heje

Johansen²,

Korsaa³

2021

J Software Evolu Process

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“…An SPI (System, Software Services Process and Product Improvement) manifesto with values and principles has been created at EuroSPI 2009 in Alcala de Hernares, Spain. 4,13,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Authors of the SPI manifesto team were also members of the editorial team of ISO/IEC TR 33014. The SPI manifesto can be used to categorise best practices and assign them to specific principles.…”

Section: The Spi Manifesto Mapping Onto Automotive-specific Environmentsmentioning

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“…An SPI (System, Software Services Process and Product Improvement) manifesto with values and principles has been created at EuroSPI 2009 in Alcala de Hernares, Spain 4,13,16–26 …”

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Process improvement guidance for successful automotive SPI implementation

Messnarz¹,

Wegner

Ekert³

et al. 2021

J Software Evolu Process

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The Verein der Deutschen Automobilindustrie (VDA) guidelines used for the interpretation of Automotive SPICE 3.1 contain many rules and recommendations and assessors apply them to check the consistency of ratings in an assessment. The VDA guidelines contain detailed procedures and templates to be used in planning, performing and reporting an assessment. However, an assessment is only a small part compared with the support and effort needed to implement improvements and to establish a company‐wide process improvement programme based on best practices. Whereas the VDA guidelines define the assessment process in detail, the ISO norm ISO/IEC 33014:2013 (Information technology—Process assessment—Guide for process improvement) defines a process improvement process. This paper analyses the ISO/IEC 33014:2013 norm and interprets it for the automotive sector and describes a state of the art improvement strategy typical of the automotive industry. Also, the SOQRATES group experiences about good and bad practices in implementing improvement programmes are shared and mapped onto the SPI manifesto principles. The paper concludes with a recommendation to add an improvement strategy‐related appendix to the VDA guidelines.

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“…As a whole our approach of looking at symptoms are somewhat similar to the SPINACH method [19] developed by Information Promotion Agency in Japan. It has a checklist with about 150 potential symptoms that could trigger further analysis to produce affinity diagram of causal system.…”

Section: Rank Score Ability To Run Projects Successfullymentioning

confidence: 99%