Systematic review of organizational motivations for adopting CMM-based SPI

Abstract. This paper compares and contrasts the results of two similar studies into the software process practices in Irish Small and Very Small Enterprises. The first study contains rich findings in relation to the role and influence of managerial experience and style, with particular respect to the company founder and software development managers in small to medium seized enterprises (SMEs), whilst the second study contains extensive findings in relation to people and management involvement / commitment and SPI goal planning in very small enterprises (VSEs). By combining these results of these two studies of Irish SMEs/VSEs we can develop a rich picture of managerial commitment towards SPI and in particular explore the similarities between Small and Very Small Enterprises.

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“…In addition there is evidence that the majority of small software organisations are not adopting standards such as CMMI [9,10].…”

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Exploring Managerial Commitment towards SPI in Small and Very Small Enterprises

O’Connor

Basri

Coleman

2010

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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“…After the quality assessment, data is extracted from only those papers that are considered to be of sufficient quality. Following the approach in [9], we extracted the data immediately after performing the quality assessment. It was felt that for both the quality assessment and the data extraction steps, a paper must be read in relatively close detail.…”

Section: Quality Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reporting Empirical Research in Open Source Software: The State of Practice

Stol

Babar

2009

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Abstract. Background: The number of reported empirical studies of Open Source Software (OSS) has continuously been increasing. However, there has been no effort to systematically review the state of the practice of reporting empirical studies of OSS with respect to the recommended standards of performing and reporting empirical studies in software engineering. It is important to understand, how to report empirical studies of OSS in order to make them useful for practitioners and researchers.Research aim: The aim of our research is to gain insights in the state of the practice of reporting empirical studies of OSS in order to identify the gaps to be filled for improving the quality of evidence being provided for OSS. Method:To that end, we decided to systematically review the empirical studies of OSS. A total of 63 papers reporting empirical studies were selected from the four editions of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Open Source Systems. The data were extracted and synthesised from the selected papers for analysis. Results and conclusions:We have found that the quality of the reported OSSrelated empirical studies needs to be significantly improved. Based on the results of our systematic review and general principles of reporting good empirical research, we present a set of guidelines for reporting OSS-related empirical studies. The suggested guidelines are expected to help the research community to improve the quality of reported studies.

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“…Therefore it is also clear that the Irish software industry is largely ignoring the most highly-publicized SPI models. In the case of CMMI (and its predecessor CMM), Staples and Niazi [9] discovered, after systematically reviewing 600 papers, that there has been little published evidence about those organizations who have decided not to adopt CMMI.…”

Section: Problems With Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using ISO/IEC 29110 to Harness Process Improvement in Very Small Entities

O’Connor

Laporte

2011

Systems, Software and Service Process Improvement

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Abstract.The recently published ISO/IEC 29110 standard Lifecycle profiles for Very Small Entities has at its core a Management and Engineering Guide [1] which are targeted at very small entities (enterprises, organizations, departments or projects) having up to 25 people [2], to assist them unlock the potential benefits of using standards which are specifically designed to address their needs. This paper will outline this new standard and the implementation of a series of pilot project initiative harnessing a set of detailed guidelines known as "Deployment Packages" to assist very small entities in understanding the potential usage of this new software process standard.

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Systematic review of organizational motivations for adopting CMM-based SPI

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Exploring Managerial Commitment towards SPI in Small and Very Small Enterprises

Exploring Managerial Commitment towards SPI in Small and Very Small Enterprises

Reporting Empirical Research in Open Source Software: The State of Practice

Using ISO/IEC 29110 to Harness Process Improvement in Very Small Entities

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