BACKGROUND—Software Process Improvement (SPI) is a systematic approach to increase
the efficiency and effectiveness of a software development organization and to enhance …

Enhancing product quality might be a main goal of a software process improvement initiative
(SPI). Quality is, however, a complex concept, and experts recommend identifying relevant …

Context Software engineering organizations routinely define and implement processes to
support, guide and control project execution. An assumption underlying this process-centric …

SUMMARY Software Process Improvement (SPI) encompasses the analysis and
modification of the processes within software development, aimed at improving key areas …

Most software firms struggle to take advantage of the potential benefits of software process
improvement (SPI) as they adopt this technology into the complex and dynamic realities of …

Software organizations are currently required to implement more than one software process
improvement model concurrently. Several multimodel initiatives have appeared to support …

To achieve software product quality professional skill and knowledge is important. The way
to reach software product quality is often structured approaches for software quality such as …

Despite growing efforts to improve software development processes, recurring concerns
about software project performance remain largely present. The rate of software …

Over the last decade many organizations are increasingly concerned with the improvement
of their hardware/software development processes. The Capability Maturity Model and …

Software process improvement holds a significant promise to reduce cycle times and
provide greater value to all development activities involved in the software process …