Context Over the past 50 years of Software Engineering, numerous studies have
acknowledged the importance of human factors. However, software developers' emotions …

Software process improvement (SPI) offers obstacles and opportunities for very small
entities (VSEs), which are organizations with 25 or fewer employees. To help with this, the …

This paper reports on a grounded theory to study into software developers' use of software
development processes in actual practice in the specific context of very small companies …

Context For successful initiation of software process improvement (SPI) initiatives in software
SMEs, it is vital for the practitioners to have deep understanding of various SPI inhibitors …

In the present study authors developed a mixed approach based on qualitative and
interpretive approaches to model and analyze software process improvement (SPI) enablers …

The ISO/IEC 29110 standard has at its core a Management and Engineering Guide [1] which
are targeted at very small entities (enterprises, organizations, departments or projects) …

The “best practices” of international software standards are considered important in
improving the software process. The ISO/IEC 29110 standard defines lifecycle profiles for …

The software development industry is dominated by a myriad of small-and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs). The main goal of this chapter is to provide a characterization of SMEs …

Small software companies have to work hard in order to survive. They usually find it
challenging to spend time and effort on improving their operations and processes …

Abstract The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines was developed by World Wide Web
Consortium with a goal of providing a single shared standard for web content accessibility …