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What is Software Process Improvement

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
A set of activities planned and conducted with the aim to achieve better performances of software processes, which leads to higher quality of delivered software products and services, as well as to better organizational performance.
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The Role of Feedback in Software Process Assessment
Zeljko Stojanov (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) and Dalibor Dobrilovic (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch654
Abstract
Processes encapsulate the way organizations are doing business. However, in many cases organization processes are not well defined, which leads to poor and unsystematic implementation. An organization that uses weak or misdirected processes will have weak products or services, and unpredictable outcomes of business activities. Process assessment can help software organizations to improve themselves through identification of critical problems and establishment of improvement priorities. Software process assessment includes feedback as a core activity that aims at feeding data back to relevant individuals or groups in an organization. Feedback is also used as a method for learning in software organizations based on the previous experience and identified issues in the assessment process. In addition, information included in the feedback can be used as the basis for decision making related to revealing the next activities in assessment and improvement project.
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Process Management Methodology
Continuous and iterative methodology in order to improve both software process and products through gained knowledge in project experiences. The main goal is to capture the activities, methods, practices and transformations that people use to develop software.
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Boosting the Competitiveness of Organizations With the Use of Software Engineering
It is a field of research and practice, arising out of the need to solve software development issues. It covers the actions taken by organizations to change processes, according to the business needs and achieving their business goals more effectively.
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